Culture as an Engine of Local Development Processes: System-Wide Cultural Districts I: Theory
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In: Growth and Change, Vol. 44, No. 4, 12.2013, p. 555-570.
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T1 - Culture as an Engine of Local Development Processes
T2 - System-Wide Cultural Districts I: Theory
AU - Sacco, Pier Luigi
AU - Ferilli, Guido
AU - Blessi, Giorgio Tavano
AU - Nuccio, Massimiliano
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Building on the early works of Alfred Marshall, analyses of local economies have emphasized the spatial function of clusters and industrial districts in terms of external economies of localization and agglomeration. Recent literature has emphasized the importance of culture and the complementarities between culture and local tangible and intangible assets. This paper aims to provide an analytical foundation for these processes with a view to developing tools for policy design, analysis and evaluation. By "system-wide cultural districts," we refer to a new approach to local development where cultural production and participation present significant strategic complementarities with other production chains. In this view, culture drives the accumulation of intangible assets such as human, social, and cultural/symbolic capital, thereby fostering economic and social growth and environmental sustainability.
AB - Building on the early works of Alfred Marshall, analyses of local economies have emphasized the spatial function of clusters and industrial districts in terms of external economies of localization and agglomeration. Recent literature has emphasized the importance of culture and the complementarities between culture and local tangible and intangible assets. This paper aims to provide an analytical foundation for these processes with a view to developing tools for policy design, analysis and evaluation. By "system-wide cultural districts," we refer to a new approach to local development where cultural production and participation present significant strategic complementarities with other production chains. In this view, culture drives the accumulation of intangible assets such as human, social, and cultural/symbolic capital, thereby fostering economic and social growth and environmental sustainability.
KW - Culture and Space
KW - agglomeration
KW - system-wide cultural districts
KW - culture-led local development
KW - industrial districts
KW - capability building
KW - urban policy
KW - regional planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890373659&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/grow.12020
DO - 10.1111/grow.12020
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 44
SP - 555
EP - 570
JO - Growth and Change
JF - Growth and Change
SN - 1468-2257
IS - 4
ER -