Karasev, Nikita (2020) The impact of the European Capital of Culture on downtown regeneration in Leeuwarden. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
The European Capital of Culture is the most ambitious cultural mega event in Europe. In 2018, Leeuwarden, a medium-sized city, was among others to host it. For this research the influence of the ECoC 2018 and its flagships was explored on urban regeneration in downtown Leeuwarden. This was firstly done by discovering how various stakeholders have perceived the mega-event to understand its legacy through semi-structured interviews. Secondly observations were undertaken to find out how a catalytic effect could have worked on buildings, which were made and used for the event. Sub-questions are asked about urban regeneration and how culture can lead it and how ECoC and flagships are theoretically framed. Furthermore sub-questions are asked on how the physical transformation has been provided by various stakeholders in the city centre. These are positively perceived by all of the interviewees. Then the sub-question of how the catalytic effect worked at flagships were observed and analysed. It was concluded that after the ECoC a strong catalytic effect in the Fries Museum, and a weaker catalytic effect in the Lân fan taal pavilion were observed. The sub-question about the influence of the ECoC on new and existing local entrepreneurs showed that the event has brought more jobs and innovation in the catering and creative sector. The result of the subquestion about the collaboration between stakeholders during the ECoC showed an increase in positive self-esteem and pride that may benefit future collaboration.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Roo, G. de and Van Kann, F.M.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2020 09:04 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2020 09:04 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3289 |
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