ABSTRACT
This chapter expresses critical issues and policy implications for urban regeneration in the city of culture. Urban regeneration using culture in its broadest sense has emerged as a crucial feature of the post-modern city of consumption and incorporates leisure and entertainment. The culture and leisure approach to urban regeneration is more deeply entrenched in Western European cities such as Barcelona, Cologne, Dublin, Hamburg and Rotterdam. The environmental and employment benefits that have been attributed to urban culture offer an irresistible cocktail for politicians responsible for urban areas, cultural producers and the private sector. Urban authorities have attempted to preserve and encourage cultural production and consumption in ‘successful’ cultural quarters and as part of wider strategies for urban economic and cultural development. Many urban cultural quarters and wider city centre areas provide the location for the ever-proliferating number of urban events and festivals in the city.
