Creative Cities and Knowledge Capital

2018 ◽  
pp. 159-184
Author(s):  
Aly Abdel Razek Galaby
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Knowledge Capital ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings

Many nations of the world are responding to the shift from development policies that rely on intensified labor and capital into alternative policies that build on the intensification of knowledge. The trend towards knowledge-based development has received increasing attention from academics and policy makers in the world. Innovative development paradigms of existing urban models (cities of knowledge, creative cities, and local circles of the knowledge society [precincts]) have opened up alternative prospects for development to the nations of the world. The Emirate of Dubai was among the Arab countries that absorbed this lesson and took the initiative of transforming its economy into a knowledge economy, building their development policies on the intensification of knowledge, embarked on the creation of the creative city and the formation of a knowledge capital, and stopping to understand this experience and explain its constraints; perhaps the research findings would support this effort.

Lyon – UNESCO’s Creative City of Gastronomy?

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Avelino Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Brand Positioning ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Marketing Program ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Territorial Marketing ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The fast urbanization in many regions of the world has generated a high competition between cities. In the race for investments and for international presence, some cities have increasingly resorting to the territorial marketing techniques like city branding. One of the strategies of recent years has been to use of creativity and / or labeling of creative city for the promotion of its destination. This phenomenon raises a question whether the city branding programs have worked in accordance with the cultural industries of the territory or if such labels influence the thought of tourists and locals. This paper begins by placing a consideration of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) and the strategies of the Territorial Marketing Program of the city of Lyon in France, Only Lyon. It also raises the question the perception of the target public to each of the current actions through semi-structured interviews which were applied between May and August 2015. Finally, I will try to open a discussion the brand positioning adopted by the city of Lyon

Transformation Opportunities Toward Knowledge-Based Urban Development and Its Challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Aly Abdel Razek Galaby
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The Third ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Push Forward ◽  
Impact Assessment Methodology ◽  
The Impact

The current research discusses opportunities and challenges of knowledge-based urban development in Egypt, aims to monitor the actual opportunities provided by Egyptian policies for knowledge-based urban development, and highlights their most important challenges. The research relied on the impact assessment methodology, the opinion of some experts, analyzing secondary data, literature review, and statistical reports to track the paths of changes in knowledge-based development policies and their applications during the third millennium to reveal the most important challenges and constraints facing the experiences of knowledge cities and its precincts in the Egyptian society. The research concluded some recommendations to confront these challenges and push forward toward strengthening knowledge-based urban development in Egypt, based on what came from critical review f literature, theoretical perspectives, and policies and experiences of many countries of the world in this field.

scholarly journals Changing employment dynamics within the creative city: Exploring the role of ‘ordinary people’ within the changing city landscape

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 954-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Baum
Keyword(s):  
Labour Markets ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Employment Dynamics ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
Real Challenge ◽  
Work And Life

This article is about creative cities and their largely invisible and largely neglected workforce, the ‘ordinary people’ who provide the work- and life-place services upon which creative workers depend. The article considers the nature of creative cities, their labour markets and the precarious nature of much employment within them. The ambiguous relationship between different employment groups within the creative city is illustrated. The analysis forms the basis for reaching conclusions and helping to formulate advice for policy makers in developing approaches that are inclusive and accessible. The article is set against and acknowledges the importance of the rising tide of populism as a real challenge to an elitist mainstream creative city discourse.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development of African Countries: Minding Public Life, Education, and Welfare

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danyang Li ◽  
Guosheng He ◽  
Hui Jin ◽  
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Life Education

Sustainable development (SD) has increasingly played a key background role in government policymaking across the world, especially for the least developed countries in Africa. Therefore, the purpose of our research is to study the SD of African countries in public life, education, and welfare, and then to help policy makers better monitor the status of sustainable development and formulate development policies in these aspects. We firstly propose a new method to assess the SD in public life, education, and welfare. Then we assess the SD status in 51 African countries as well as other countries in the world. After that, we also make a comparison between African countries and the countries in other continents.

Integration of Web 2 Technologies for ODL

2018 ◽  
pp. 1289-1301
Author(s):  
Rajshree Satish Vaishnav
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Cyber Space ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Traditional Classroom Teaching ◽  
Different Levels

The world today is a complex one with issues and concerns emerging that were absent even a generation ago. Education and technology in the present millennium is not a luxury but commodity for survival in the present knowledge driven tech innovative society. In today's online era, the concept of a traditional classroom teaching extends beyond a walled room with desks and chairs and into the realm of cyber space. The Research findings presented here are derived from a systematic researches conducted to know the effectiveness of various modes of online learning and face-to-face instruction for teaching various subject /courses at different level. The goal of such studies as a whole is to provide policy-makers, administrators and educators with research-based guidance about how to implement different platforms of online learning for school/ higher education and teacher preparation. The locus of such researches was students studying in different institutions at different levels in India.

Speaking in the Target Language: Issues and Considerations

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 886
Author(s):  
Sami Al-wossabi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
English Language ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Voice

As English is the most widely used language in the world in various areas such as technology, science, and business, many Arab countries including Saudi Arabia have shifted into more focus on communicative English language instructions. However, there is still a persistent gap between what is intended to be taught and what is expected to be produced by EFL students. The purpose of the present study is, therefore, to highlight the factors that contribute to Saudi EFL students' reluctance to speaking meaningfully and purposefully in the target language. A survey is conducted to find out Saudi EFL students' communicative proficiency at Jazan University. Instructed interviews are also carried out to include the voice of teachers on what hampers their students from producing oral output. The results showed that Saudi EFL students are encountering many challenges that hinder their developmental processes of speaking. Based on the research findings some recommendations were made for both teachers and students.

Strategic Innovation and the Knowledge Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 424-442
Author(s):  
Leonardo Pineda Serna
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
World Average ◽  
Strategic Innovation ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Innovation Strategies

It has become increasingly evident that knowledge is intimately associated with strategic innovation (i.e. as a deliberate action allowing the benefits arising from new technological changes to produce better conditions for being able to become part of the so-called knowledge society). Several academic studies and empirical investigations carried out by international organisms have agreed on this point. However, Latin-America (including Caribbean countries) are still far from achieving levels above the world average, there being very few exceptions which thereby seem more to corroborate the rule. One difficulty seems to stem from the low level of ICT positioning in the region’s countries, as well as the lack of research and development policies and innovation strategies for improving such countries’ competitiveness (and that of the region taken as a whole). This chapter proposes schemes which would provide a viable solution to the quandary which Latin-America is in.

Integration of Web 2 Technologies for ODL

2018 ◽  
pp. 275-291
Author(s):  
Rajshree Satish Vaishnav
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Cyber Space ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Traditional Classroom Teaching ◽  
Different Levels

The world today is a complex one with issues and concerns emerging that were absent even a generation ago. Education and technology in the present millennium is not a luxury but commodity for survival in the present knowledge driven tech innovative society. In today's online era, the concept of a traditional classroom teaching extends beyond a walled room with desks and chairs and into the realm of cyber space. The Research findings presented here are derived from a systematic researches conducted to know the effectiveness of various modes of online learning and face-to-face instruction for teaching various subject /courses at different level. The goal of such studies as a whole is to provide policy-makers, administrators and educators with research-based guidance about how to implement different platforms of online learning for school/ higher education and teacher preparation. The locus of such researches was students studying in different institutions at different levels in India.

Field of Creative-Cities Movement and Cultural Sustainability: Learning from Place-Making in Kampung Kreatif Dago Pojok and Kopi Pasar Los Tjihapit in Bandung

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Agus S. Ekomadyo ◽  
Widjaja Martokusumo ◽  
Nissa Aulia Ardiani
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Sustainability Learning ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
Artistic Skill

When claimed as knowledge-based economic movement, the idea of creative-city is actually part of innovation, because the existence of creative classes are presumed to influence regional economic growth and stimulate as theme of several urban development political choices. Bandung is a city that chooses creative-cities as their political movement, but it gets sharply criticized as like as another creative-cities agenda in the world. This city contains creatively social movements with creative culture in everyday life. By field of capital framework, this article tries to understand how it works in Kampung Kreatif Dago Pojok and Kopi Pasar Los Tjihapit. It is found, both communities use their knowledge as cultural capital to produce spaces creatively with their artistic competence, utilized as nodes to develop networks with other actors to construct their social capital. Their artistic skill is utilized to deliver their cultural dignity, as marginalized urban societies beyond capitalism, to attract attention in urban life. Learning from phenomenology that inserting humanity in science, the creative culture will more meaningful when representing humanity in the innovation of urban development as a part of the cultural sustainability of the society.

scholarly journals A Brazilian Hollywood in the making? Film, tourism and creative city discourse in the hinterland of Paraíba

2021 ◽  
pp. 136787792110116
Author(s):  
Débora Póvoa ◽  
Stijn Reijnders ◽  
Emiel Martens
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Global North ◽  
The City

Originating in metropoles in the Global North, the creative cities model has increasingly been replicated in locations around the globe. However, betting on the creative industries to reinvigorate stagnant economies might not be a solution compatible with every context. To analyse this issue, this article presents the case of the small Brazilian city of Cabaceiras, which was the target of a project aimed at revitalizing its economy through film and tourism in 2007. Based on 25 interviews with residents and policy makers, we examine whether the initiative was, in their view, successful in stimulating a creative hub. We argue that the creative cities model has not yet proven feasible in Cabaceiras due to financial and infrastructural challenges that the city experiences, its positioning outside of Brazil’s cultural and creative centres and the uncertainties of investing in the audiovisual sector in the country.

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