Cultural Quarters: Principles and Practice - Couverture souple

 
9781841501581: Cultural Quarters: Principles and Practice

Synopsis

The much-praised Cultural Quarters returns in a revised edition, offering new case studies and new chapters on the economics of cultural quarters and the importance of historical buildings. This definitive text provides a conceptual context for cultural quarters through a detailed discussion of urban design and planning. Drawing on several case studies (from Bolton, Birmingham, Ireland and Vienna), Cultural Quarters positions the emergence of specific cultural areas within a historical and social context and explores the economics of maintaining the respective districts. The book offers a concise illustration of how cultural practice is maintained and expanded within an urban environment.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor Roodhouse passed away in April 2012. Professor Roodhouse wrote and published extensively in national and international journals such as the Journal Of Education Through Partnership, the International Journal of Arts Management, the International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, and the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. In addition he edited the Journal of Vocational Education and Training and sat on editorial boards such as Arts Documentation Monthly and the International Journal of Applied Management. He was the founding editor of Creative Industries Journal.

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