Sustainable City and Creativity

Napoli, Italy
Universita' degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II

The aim of the International Meeting on "Sustainable City and Creativity: Promoting Creative Urban Initiatives" was to analyze in depth principles and practices of the creative city for the formulation of policy lessons and recommendations able to contribute to the building of a creative city. In particular, the attention will be focused on the following issues:
1. what is a creative city; how the creative city actually works, which are the key features and the critical elements conditioning creativity; how ideas turn into urban innovations; the drivers stimulating a city to innovate, the barriers and the constraints;
2. which are the benefits of the creative city in terms of competitiveness, environment, welfare, social stability, quality of life, vitality;
3. which are the key assets, infrastructures and tools required to promote creative processes in cities towards competitive, sustainable and cohesive places, and how public policy can influence the creative city.

The Scientific Committee had been involved in order to identify the Meeting themes/contents. It was composed by: 
• Sir Peter Hall,
• Tuzin Baycan Levent,
• Roberto Camagni,
• Giuliana Di Fiore,
• Francesco Forte,
• Klaus Kunzmann,
• John Rees,
• Peter Nijkamp,
• Pierluigi Sacco,
• Roger Stough,
• Luigi Fusco Girard.

The Conference involved representatives from Universities, Research Centers, international and national public Institutions, business sector and civil society.

FOR MORE INFORMATIONS AND CONTACTS
• Sustainable City and Creativity Website
• Dipartimento di Conservazione dei Beni Architettonici ed Ambientali dell'Università Federico II di Napoli
Tel: 0812538650
Fax: 0812538649
E-mail: info@creativecity2008.eu