MINORITIES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY:

2018 ◽  
pp. 21-35
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial City

scholarly journals Sociospacial identity of Belgrade in the context of urban and regional development of Serbia

Sociologija ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-166
Author(s):  
Sreten Vujovic
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Creative City ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
Entrepreneurial City ◽  
Urban And Regional Development ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Regional Imbalance ◽  
The City

Based on the analyses of sociologists, historians, economists, demographers, anthropologists, and based on author?s own research, the aim of the paper is to point to the complex and dynamic sociospatial identity of contemporary Belgrade in the context of urban and regional development of post-socialist Serbia. The analytical framework includes, first of all, the definition of the city?s identity in terms of self-awareness of a city as sociospatial collectivity, which historically originates and develops in dependency which the city and the individuals in it establish in relationships with other cities. It then cites the various concepts by means of which identity of the modern city is constructed: the entrepreneurial city (Harvey), the creative city (Florida and Landry), the exciting city (Richards and Palmer), the city as a text (Radovic), a competitive identity of the city (Anholt) and so on. In particular, Belgradization as a process of concentration of money and power in the capital is analyzed and it is concluded that the network of Serbian cities is pyramidal, that the regionalization of Serbia is asymmetric, and that Belgrade is a primate city, too big and too powerful for Serbia i.e. that Belgradization increases regional imbalance in Serbia. The paper concludes with an optimistic assessment that Belgrade, despite numerous problems in its development, has the potential to become the ?European Capital of Culture? in 2020.

Transformative city branding and the evolution of the entrepreneurial city: The case of ‘Brand New Helsinki’

Urban Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2031-2046
Author(s):  
Salla Jokela
Keyword(s):  
Urban Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Differentiation Strategy ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Entrepreneurial City ◽  
Scholarly Discussion ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

There have been two types of scholarly discussion on city branding. On the one hand, city branding has been conceptualised as a differentiation strategy of entrepreneurial cities involved in interspatial competition. On the other hand, researchers have recently emphasised the need to pay attention to increasingly pervasive and transformative forms of city branding, including branding as an urban policy and a form of planning. Drawing on a case study carried out in Helsinki, Finland, this article connects these two approaches by analysing Helsinki’s recent city branding endeavour in the context of the qualitative transformation of the entrepreneurial city. The article shows how city branding highlights and constitutes the city as an entrepreneurial platform and enabler bound up by the extended entrepreneurialisation of society.

scholarly journals A Mega-event Approach to Glurbanization: Insights from Expo 2010, Shanghai

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingyue LI
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Entrepreneurial City ◽  
The World ◽  
World Expo ◽  
Global Discourse ◽  
Mega Event ◽  
World Exposition

This paper contributes to an in-depth understanding of how the mega-event contributes glurbanization of entrepreneurial city through a case study of Expo 2010 in Shanghai. It argues that spatial-related transformation is central to mega-event approach to glurbanization yet the soft power building is uncertain. It implies that the domestic impacts of mega-events are likely to be more profound than their global influences. This corresponds to the capitalist transformation from Fordist-Keynesianism to neoliberalism, in which mega-events such as Olympic Games and World Exposition have increasingly been incorporated into urban development plan to boost urban agenda. Although the profile of world fairs is reduced and does not have the international impacts that they used to have, Shanghai Expo 2010, the first Expo ever held in a developing country, is pinned hope on as the “Turn to Save the World Expo” and is unusually ambitious to bring opportunities in urban transformation. With a well-developed framework of glurbanization entailed by entrepreneurial city, this research enriches glurbanization theory by a thorough examination of Shanghai Expo. It finds that Expo-led landscape reconfiguration, spatial restructuring, and new sources provision effectively transformed Shanghai, propelling glurbanization in diminutive spatial scale. Yet, it remains powerless to impress the world as the voice of domestic propaganda is limited in the Western mainstream media. In all, the Expo case well exemplifies the power of mega-event approach to advancing local agenda, especially in spatial transformation per se, as well as its constraints in (re)shaping a global discourse. 

scholarly journals The Thought of Developing Halal Maritime Tourism Destination Towards Indonesia's Vision as a World Maritime Axis

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Anita Afriani Sinulingga ◽  
Silsila Asri ◽  
Sofia Trisni
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Entrepreneurial City ◽  
World Maritime

Visi Indonesia menjadi Poros Maritim Dunia merupakan peluang bagi Indonesia untuk menginternasionalisasi kawasan sub-nasional. Kondisi geografis dan sumber daya alam yang dimilikinya merupakan modal utama untuk mencapai visi tersebut. Wisata bahari khususnya wisata pantai dan pesisir merupakan salah satu prioritas program kerja Indonesia menuju visi 2030. Di sisi lain, perkembangan tren pariwisata halal di dunia merupakan peluang yang besar bagi Indonesia untuk mengembangkan wilayah baharinya sebagai destinasi wisata halal bahari. Pada tahun 2016, Indonesia memperoleh penghargaan sebagai pemenang dalam World Halal Tourism Award 2016. Sejalan dengan penghargaan tersebut, Indonesia menetapkan Sumatera Barat, Aceh dan Nusa Tenggara Barat sebagai destinasi wisata halal di Indonesia. Pemerintah sub-nasional memiliki peran yang signifikan untuk mewujudkan visi tersebut di atas. Tulisan ini memusatkan perhatian pada peran pemerintah daerah sebagai aktor utama dalam merencanakan dan mengimplementasikan kebijakan pembangunan ekonomi domestik yang mendapat pengaruh sangat besar dari kecenderungan perkembangan ekonomi politik kawasan dan global. Peran aktor sub-nasional dalam hal ini dijelaskan dengan eksplorasi konsep pariwisata halal, strategi glocalization dan Entrepreneurial City. Pariwisata Halal merupakanindustri pariwisata yang memenuhi konsep halal berdasarkan ajaran hukum Islam. Ide wisata halal bahari di Sumatera Barat merupakan sebuah upaya pemerintah daerah untuk meningkatkan daya saing ekonomi suatu wilayah dalam sektor pariwisata Halal. Ide tersebut sejalan dengan dengan strategi glocalizationyang mempromosikan rekonsentrasi pertumbuhan industri dan investasi infrastruktur dalam ekonomi regional dan wilayah perkotaan yang strategis. Oleh karena itu, pemerintah perlu menyusun serangkaian strategi sebagai Entrepreneurial Cityyang mampu mengakomodir ide wisata halal bahari dalam bidang kebijakan, tata kelola pemerintahan dan pemberdayaan masyarakat daerah.

The environmentalization of urban entrepreneurialism: From technopolis to start-up city

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M Levenda ◽  
Eliot Tretter
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Urban Economic ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Entrepreneurial City ◽  
Entrepreneurial Growth ◽  
Intellectual Foundations ◽  
Environmental Image ◽  
The City ◽  
Economic Development Strategies ◽  
New Strategies

This paper investigates two trends in contemporary forms of urban entrepreneurialism: (a) an increasing focus on cultivating entrepreneurship, and (b) the promotion of entrepreneurial ecosystems that leverage culture and sustainability to attract and support entrepreneurs. We argue that these trends signify a shift from the entrepreneurial city to new strategies that shape cities for entrepreneurs. Underpinning this development is a broad normalization and valorization of entrepreneurship as the dominant pathway for urban economic growth. Additionally, we show how sustainability and greening are enrolled in these economic development strategies, promising to bolster the environmental image of the city. We highlight these two changes by focusing on the intellectual foundations of the technopolis concept in Austin, Texas, and the development of a cleantech entrepreneurial ecosystem that has increasingly been leveraged in Austin’s entrepreneurial growth efforts. We offer insights into how the growing trend of “making cities for entrepreneurs” is reshaping urban entrepreneurial governance, potentially exacerbating inequalities in urban development.

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