Creative Copenhagen : Globalization, urban governance and social change

Anders Lund Hansen; Hans Thor Andersen; Eric Clark

doi:10.1080/09654310120079805

Creative Copenhagen : Globalization, urban governance and social change

Anders Lund Hansen, Hans Thor Andersen, Eric Clark

Department of Human Geography

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Abstract

The introduction of 'creativity' and the 'creative city' in imagineering Copenhagen and in strategies for developing its urban competitiveness is analysed from a perspective on relations between processes of globalization, developments in urban government/governance and social geographic change. This perspective problematizes what on the surface seems to be an unequivocally positive quality ('creative') and goal ('creativity'). We argue there is a need to recognize the social costs of developments that are glossed over by the creative city rhetoric, including diminished representative democracy, social and geographic polarization and considerable displacement of the marginalized.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	851-869
Journal	European Planning Studies
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310120079805
Publication status	Published - 2001

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Human Geography

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inequality
segregation
politics
polarization

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10.1080/09654310120079805

1 Doctoral Thesis (compilation)

Space wars and the new urban imperialism
Lund Hansen, A., 2006, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University. 185 p.
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)

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3 Public lecture/debate/seminar
2 Media participation
1 Presentation

Interview on urban "Creative Washing"
Anders Lund Hansen (Interviewee)
2023 Mar 16
Activity: Other › Media participation
Interview about the right to the city and collaborative housing
Anders Lund Hansen (Interviewee)
2023 Feb 2
Activity: Other › Media participation
CO-HOPE - project kick-off for cooperating partners
Anders Lund Hansen (Director), Ivette Arroyo (Director), Norma Montesino (Contributor), Marianne Granbom (Contributor) & Michel Lussault (Contributor)
2022 Sept 14
Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture/debate/seminar

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Creative Copenhagen : Globalization, urban governance and social change

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Space wars and the new urban imperialism

Activities

Interview on urban "Creative Washing"

Interview about the right to the city and collaborative housing

CO-HOPE - project kick-off for cooperating partners

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