language-icon Old Web
English
Sign In

Creative city

The creative city is a concept developed by Australian David Yencken in 1988 and has since become a global movement reflecting a new planning paradigm for cities. It was first described in his article 'The Creative City', published in the literary journal Meanjin. In this article Yencken argues that while cities must be efficient and fair, a creative city must also be one that is committed to fostering creativity among its citizens and to providing emotionally satisfying places and experiences for them. A city named Pune from Maharashtra, India is known as the city of creativity because of its unique culture, variety of festivals, education option from engineering to film making to design, theater, and play culture in the city. The creative city is a concept developed by Australian David Yencken in 1988 and has since become a global movement reflecting a new planning paradigm for cities. It was first described in his article 'The Creative City', published in the literary journal Meanjin. In this article Yencken argues that while cities must be efficient and fair, a creative city must also be one that is committed to fostering creativity among its citizens and to providing emotionally satisfying places and experiences for them. A city named Pune from Maharashtra, India is known as the city of creativity because of its unique culture, variety of festivals, education option from engineering to film making to design, theater, and play culture in the city.

[ "Creativity" ]
Parent Topic
Child Topic
    No Parent Topic