Abstract | This presentation is mainly focused on understanding the question of measuring and, therefore, monitoring cultural policies from a theoretical point of view. The main aim is to outline what are the main limitations to enable sustainable economies bases on culture and creativity, when it comes to deal with non-urban areas. I refer to rural (or predominantly rural) regions and marginal, peri-urban or peripheral areas within complex city-regional agglomerations. The main underlying argument is that it would be hard to capture the specificity of these areas in the creative cities discourse, without a meaningful reconceptualization of the analytical tools we have employed so far in the field of urban and regional studies. I will relate my assumptions to the evidence coming from a series of case studies analysed. |
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