Creative City as an Urban Development Strategy: The Case of Selected Malaysian Cities

This book is a pioneering work that positions the creative city concept within Malaysian urban development discourse and explores the viability of this strategy for selected Malaysian cities. It also discusses the global discourse on creative city and its critiques, and provides an overview of Malaysias macrolevel socio-economic and political structures and national policies. The case study chapters are novel, as each Malaysian city unravels its unique experiences and dissects the way the city responds to the creative city agenda amidst local nuances and idiosyncrasies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 201 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This groundbreaking book is a pioneering endeavor to establish the creative city concept within the Malaysian urban development discourse. The chapters are meticulously crafted and meticulously arranged, ensuring their accessibility to audiences from both the academic and non-academic spheres. Given the nascent nature of creative city development in Malaysia, there has been a timely exploration of the viability of this strategy for selected Malaysian cities, including Kuala Lumpur, George Town, Ipoh, and Johor Bahru. The book also delves into the global discourse on creative cities and their critiques. This is followed by an overview of Malaysia's macrolevel socio-economic and political structures, as well as national policies, to provide a framework for understanding the Malaysian creative city narrative. The case study chapters in this book are particularly novel, as each Malaysian city unfolds its unique experiences and examines how it responds to the creative city agenda amidst local nuances and idiosyncrasies.

Weight: 298g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811612930
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021