The Western Urban Development Model Meets Moscow Politics
2002; Springer Nature (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/978-94-011-0001-4_11
ISSN2215-0072
AutoresThanos Pagonis, Andy Thornley,
Tópico(s)Cultural Industries and Urban Development
ResumoThroughout the world during the 1990s major cities have been implementing similar projects. The pressures for new financial and commercial development and the concentration of command centres of the global economy have led to new business districts (Sassen, 1991). These can be seen in all major Western cities and prime examples are Canary Wharf in London, Battery Park in New York or the Tokyo Waterfront Sub centre. City governments have encouraged these developments and usually new streamlined agencies have been established with public private partnership as the key approach. City governments have often seen themselves as having to compete to attract inward investment and have taken an entrepreneurial approach in marketing their cities (Harvey, 1989; Ashworth & Voogt, 1990; Kearns & Philo, 1993; Hall & Hubbard, 1998). Image and architectural drama are considered important for attracting attention, e.g. cities compete for the world’s highest building or commission the same world-famous architects to promote culturally oriented projects such as the Guggenheim Gallery in Bilbao, the Millennium Dome in London or Darling Harbour in Sydney.
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