TY - JOUR
T1 - (Re-)generating symbolic port-city links
T2 - Urban regeneration and the cultural demaritimisation and remaritimisation of european port cities
AU - Tommarchi, Enrico
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is part of a broader project on event-led regeneration and the socio-spatial, political and symbolic ties between ports and cities, undertaken by the author in 2016-2020 and funded by the University of Hull.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © Enrico Tommarchi.
PY - 2021/8/2
Y1 - 2021/8/2
N2 - Urban policies in many European port cities have displayed attempts to diversify the local economy and rebrand the city within interurban competition. Whilst these processes have been commented upon in relation to their socio-economic and spatial outcomes, little research has engaged with their connection with the maritime nature and exceptionalism of port cities. With examples from urban development and regeneration strategies in two European port cities, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Valencia (Spain), this paper elaborates on the concepts of demaritimisation and remaritimisation of port cities from a cultural perspective, to support the argument that, in some cases, these strategies have been underpinned by attempts to overlook, restore or depart from the city’s maritime identity, history and heritage. These efforts by policy makers aim to overcome the perceived ‘disadvantage’ of the port city image or to create and promote different, not necessarily authentic, relationships with the port and the sea to brand the city.
AB - Urban policies in many European port cities have displayed attempts to diversify the local economy and rebrand the city within interurban competition. Whilst these processes have been commented upon in relation to their socio-economic and spatial outcomes, little research has engaged with their connection with the maritime nature and exceptionalism of port cities. With examples from urban development and regeneration strategies in two European port cities, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Valencia (Spain), this paper elaborates on the concepts of demaritimisation and remaritimisation of port cities from a cultural perspective, to support the argument that, in some cases, these strategies have been underpinned by attempts to overlook, restore or depart from the city’s maritime identity, history and heritage. These efforts by policy makers aim to overcome the perceived ‘disadvantage’ of the port city image or to create and promote different, not necessarily authentic, relationships with the port and the sea to brand the city.
KW - Demaritimisation
KW - European Port Cities
KW - Port-City Relationships
KW - Remaritimisation
KW - Urban Regeneration
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U2 - 10.6092/issn.2612-0496/12089
DO - 10.6092/issn.2612-0496/12089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143103612
SN - 2612-0496
VL - 4
SP - 59
EP - 75
JO - European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
JF - European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
IS - 1
ER -