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作者

Jie Li

来源

CITIES,Vol.99,Issue1,Article 102628

语言

英文

关键字

Culture-led development;Peri-urban transformation;Cultural instrumentisation;Tourism and thematisation;New town development;Shanghai

作者单位

School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-Sen University, China;School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

摘要

Culture and tourism occupy an important position in urban development strategy in both Global North and South. While most studies on culture-led development in China focus on inner city regeneration, little research has been conducted on peri-urban transformations under culture- and tourism-led approach. With two case studies in peri-urban Shanghai, this research critically examines in detail why and how culture-led development planned and implemented under the specific local context and critically reflects the implications on peri-urban transformation. Engaged with the literature on cultural instrumentisation and urban thematisation in an entrepreneurial city, this paper argues that culture-led peri-urban development in Shanghai were initiated by the local state, to serve multiple purposes of boosting land price, building a prestigious image attracting investors and tourists, and fostering cultural and creative industries. However, more often than not, culture was only harnessed as a ‘buzz word’ that provides a justification for large-scale land development, and planned cultural creative industries zones were often reduced to places for leisure and tourism based consumption.