Πολιτικές Εγκατάστασης και Συγκέντρωσης Πολιτιστικών Υποδομών και Δραστηριοτήτων σε μία Αστική Περιοχή

Abstract

The scope of this thesis is to critically examine the policies for spatial agglomeration of the cultural infrastructure and cultural activities in the urban areas. The cultural and creative sector has become a key driver of economic growth over the last three decades. Especially for the cities, investment in the cultural and creative sector, as well as related urban regeneration projects is now a globally recommended urban development policy. Furthermore, while initially this policy took city centers as its field of reference and realisation, we now observe tendencies of decentralisation and suburbanisation of the cultural infrastructure and activities. Although culture-led urban development has enhanced cultural activity and urban attractiveness, at the same time these developments are associated with gentrification processes, which tend to undermine the socio-spatial conditions of cultural activity, while intensifying socio-spatial inequalities. In the present thesis, these policies, as well as their implications are examined both at a theoretical level, as well as through three case studies: the Athens Basin, Paris -with emphasis on its northern banlieue- and Amsterdam, emphasising on its southeast neighbourhoods.