期刊名称：Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management
印刷版ISSN：2065-3913
电子版ISSN：2065-3921
出版年度：2018
卷号：13
期号：4
页码：43-55
出版社：Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Academy of Economic Studies
摘要：Cities are exposed to the competition triggered by rising European and worldwide interconnectedness and
increasing mobility of human resources. One of the newer approaches to this competition is to adopt culture-led
urban regeneration and development. Culture can be advocated as a tool for determining a superior city identity,
regenerating the genius loci and advancing pride of place. The programme European Capital of Culture (ECOC)
was originally designated as a sequence of one-year cultural projects in different cities in the EU. Over the last
three decades, the European Commission has adopted several new principles by presenting the ECOC as a
public policy initiative. This has highlighted a shift towards presenting culture as an economic driving force and
imposing the active participation of citizens instead of only consuming arts and culture, leading to higher social
cohesion and intercultural dialogue. This paper concentrates on creating a typology of ECOC cities based on a
cluster analysis. The decomposition of the ECOC cities into clusters explains how different the ECOC cities can be
and how varied the cultural policy projects can be implemented according to different contexts. This diversity can
be demonstrated in the position of foremost cultural centres of European significance (Florence, Paris) and smaller
towns with a historical and cultural heritage (Avignon, Pátra, Salamanca). Increasingly post-industrial cities are
awarded the title of ECOC as they look for an entirely new identity, creating an appropriate culture-led strategy
(Essen, Glasgow, Košice). This study provides a classification of ECOC cities into eight type categories, their
relationship to UNESCO cultural heritage labels and several explanations of their geography.
关键词：European capital of culture; Culture-led regeneration; cultural heritage; urban development.
