ABSTRACT
This chapter interprets Cultural heritage in a broad sense and comprises those parts of cultural capital that have an explicit and distinct historical connotation to the past of a place and that may be seen as a self-identifying landmark for that place. Linking the cultural heritage of cities to the urban planning gives people the opportunity to connect their own identity to the city. The creative city idea captures two elements: creative creatures shape a creative city, and an enchantment of imaginative cities will create and attract innovative people aligned to an open and global society. If cultural heritage attracts creative people to cities, it may well provide a city with some long-lasting and sustainable anchor points that helps it to survive to the next upswing and benefit more from it. It is equally clear, however, that cultural goods have specific characteristics that may render their socio-economic evaluation slightly more complicated than that of conventional market goods.
