The World’s Emptying Villages: Could Creative Cities Hold the Key?
Walk through rural Japan and you will find many abandoned homes: doors left ajar, gardens overgrown, teacups still on shelves. Japan now has approximately 9 million of these empty properties - known as akiya - double the number from thirty years ago,.
Culture After Dark: Three Ways Cities Are Supercharging the Night-Time Economy
Cities from Guangzhou to Toronto are increasingly placing culture at the heart of their night-time economies. Our 5th Edition World Cities Culture Report shows that what was once an.
Cities Step Forward: How Pedestrianisation is Powering Culture in the Streets
From Barcelona to Bogotá, cities are embracing the power of pedestrianisation. By turning roads into people-first spaces, they are opening streets to culture, creativity and community life
Culture matters. So why is it always treated as an optional extra?
In London one in every five jobs is a creative one, yet these industries don’t get the attention they deserve.All around us culture is making a difference, often profoundly..
Is the power shift in cultural education driven by cities?
Statistics from NASA reveal that 98% of 5-year-old children fall into the "genius category of imagination." However, this number drops to 12% for 15-year-olds and further decreases to 2%.
Why culture and the arts are crucial to the city recovery post-pandemic
It would be easy to see culture as an optional extra in the midst of the vast challenges cities around the world are facing. But that would be a grave.