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Economic Analysis: Theory and Practice
 

The creative city concept: implementation of experience in Russia

Vol. 16, Iss. 4, APRIL 2017

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Received: 21 March 2017

Received in revised form: 3 April 2017

Accepted: 13 April 2017

Available online: 2 May 2017

Subject Heading: ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT

JEL Classification: 

Pages: 637-648

https://doi.org/10.24891/ea.16.4.637

Voloshinskaya A.A. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russian Federation
voloshinskaya-aa@ranepa.ru

Komarov V.M. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russian Federation
komarov-vm@ranepa.ru

Subject The article considers a possibility of using the concepts of creative city by Charles Landry and Richard Florida in Russian conditions.
Objectives The study aims to formulate policies for sustainable regional development, including the use of creative potential of the population for urban and regional development.
Methods We use comparative analysis as a methodological framework of the study, and compare the concepts of creative city by Landry and Florida. We also analyze compliance with these concepts of two instance from Russian practice, i.e. tourism development in Myshkin and implementation of the Perm cultural project.
Results In Myshkin and Perm, different 'creative city' models are implemented. The approach in Myshkin is close to the creative city concept by Charles Landry. It relies on local resources. For 20 years, the tourism has been developed from scratch, and has become the main specialization of the town. In Perm, the model by R. Florida was realized. It chose a niche of 'cultural capital of Europe' with very tough competition. Perm recruited expensive manpower from Moscow for the project, local artists were excluded from participation therein, and the population acted as passive consumers of the 'cultural product'. Currently, the project has collapsed, its results are quite ambiguous.
Conclusions The model by Ch. Landry suits better for Russia. The model by Florida is designed primarily for large cities and highly developed clusters, which are few in Russia. The Landry's 'creative city' can be implemented in any location, including small towns and villages.

Keywords: creative city, creative class, local community

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