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Klaus R. Kunzmann

was professor at the School of Planning and Director of Research of the Institut für Raumplanung at University Dortmund, Germany and held the Jean Monnet Chair of Spatial Planning in Europe until his retirement. He received a Honorary PhD from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is honorary professor at the University College London and visiting professor of the Dong Nam University in Nanjing/ China. He published numerous books and articles on creative and cultural industries, territorial planning in Europe and China, regional restructuring, the role of culture in urban development, and on creative, knowledge and smart city development.

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Advanced Introduction to the Creative City 2020-04-06

With the increasing enthusiasm for the "smart city", the interest for the paradigm of the creative city has flattened out again. This, however, has not prevented the renowned British publisher Edward Elgar from persuading Charles Landry to write another book on the subject, although it seems that everything, or at least much, has already been said in his previous books.

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