Cultural Cluster as Potential Driver of Urban Revitalization: Creation and Management Strategies for Cultural Clusters

Abstract

It has been perceived, ‘‘what links world cities to one another is trade, commerce, and finance. What makes them different from one another is culture” (World Cities Culture Report, 2012). Considering role of culture in promoting community capacity, civic engagement and an integral part of urban revitalization this article will explain the possibility of cultural district/cluster as a way to sustaining the economic growth. Concerning brief presentation of different cultural clusters, it will investigate the role of culture to consolidate societies, sustenance businesses and also boost sustainable territorial development from once-declining urban districts to creative ones. This paper through identification of different cultural cluster recognized cities despite their same identical administrative framework and close location will initiated and evolved in very different types of cultural cluster depending on the particularities of each place. Finally some fundamental conclusions are derived concerning how culture and cultural cluster can boost economic of a society? How effective is the cultural-products and cultural activities clusters on urban revitalization? How planners can maximize the profit of revitalization created by agglomeration of cultural assets? The discussion in this article recommends cultural cluster as a suitable way in the course of revitalization but if it was addressed properly.