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Charles Landry
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Charles Landry (born July 1, 1948) is an author and international adviser on the future of cities best known for popularising the Creative City concept. His book The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators became a movement to rethink the planning, development and management of cities.[1]
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Born | 1948 United Kingdom |
Occupation | Writer, urban planner |
Nationality | British |
Subject | Urban planning |
Literary movement | Comedia |
Notable works | The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators |
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He is credited for his attempt to rethink city making through his work on intercultural cities, the psychology of cities, creative bureaucracies and the measurement of creativity in cities – the latter developed with Bilbao and now assessed through in-depth studies of 25 cities.[2][3][4]