"This compendium is an invaluable read for urban geographers/planners. The Malaysian government has formulated a set of strategies to enhance urban development and the role of cities. This book contributes profoundly to this objective. It rises above previous work on competitive cities in Malaysia in terms of detail and richness of local knowledge." -Morshidi Sirat, Professor of Urban Geography, Universiti Sains Malaysia "Ipoh is synonymous with an ideal retirement city and old town for many people. In fact, its rich history and cultural heritage lay good potential and endless possibilities for urban regeneration. This book is definitely providing a timely analysis and insightful perspective for us to understand more about this former tin mining city, and on efforts to develop it towards a creative city." -Tan Kar Hing, former Perak state's executive member for Tourism, Arts and Culture This book is a pioneering work to position the creative city concept within Malaysian urban development discourse. The chapters are written and systematically sequenced to be all-encompassing and comprehensible to audiences both from the academic and non-academic realms. The nascency of creative city development in Malaysia has motivated the timely exploration of the viability of this strategy for selected Malaysian cities (i.e. Kuala Lumpur, George Town, Ipoh, Johor Bahru). The book also discusses the global discourse on creative city and its critiques. This is followed by an overview of Malaysia's macrolevel socio-economic and political structures as well as national policies to frame the Malaysian creative city narrative. The case study chapters are novel, as each Malaysian city unravels its unique experiences and dissects the way the city responds to the creative city agenda amidst local nuances and idiosyncrasies. Suet Leng Khoo, Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been involved in research related to creative cities for ten years. She has undertaken research projects funded by the Sumitomo Foundation and also the Newton Fund. Suet Leng has published extensively on creative cities in both international and local journals. Nicole Shu Fun Chang studied the contributions of the art sector as part of the creative economy in local economic development for her PhD research. Her research examined the potential of the art sector, focusing on the visual arts industry as one of the core creative industries, in developing a creative city

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Khoo, Suet Leng, Chang, Nicole Shu Fun

Suet Leng Khoo, Nicole Shu Fun Chang

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Nascency of Creative City Development in Malaysia
1.2 Creative City as Viable Urban Development Strategy
1.3 The Growing Importance of Creative Economy in Malaysia
1.3.1 Malaysia’s Overall Development Trajectory
1.3.2 Creative Sectors as New Economic Catalyst in Malaysia
1.4 Why Study Creative City Development in Malaysia?
References
Chapter 2: Creative City Discourse
2.1 Early Definitions from the West
2.2 Fathoming Creative City Discourse from Eastern Lenses
2.3 Western Versus Eastern Lenses: Convergence or Divergence?
References
Chapter 3: The Creative City Concept: A Critique
3.1 Fuzzy Conceptualisation of Cultural Industries
3.2 Why It Is Problematic to Quantify Culture and Creativity?
3.3 Threat of Cultural Homogenisation: A Challenge to Cultural Policy
3.4 Widening Urban Economic Disparity and Socio-Spatial Inequality
3.5 An Urban-Centric, Urban Biased and Exclusive Concept
3.6 The Creative Class: A Controversial Terminology
3.7 Testing the Creative City Concept for Malaysia
References
Chapter 4: The Malaysian Scenario: Setting the Context
4.1 Malaysia: An Overview
4.2 Grounding Creative City Narrative in Malaysia
4.2.1 National Cultural Policy (NCP)
4.2.2 New Economic Policy (NEP)
4.2.3 National Urbanisation Policy 2 (NUP2)
4.3 Classification and Taxonomy
4.4 Challenges of the Malaysian Creative City Agenda
4.4.1 Stakeholders’ Non-cohesive and Fragmented Efforts
4.4.2 Absence of Baseline Data and National Aggregated Statistics
4.4.3 Conceptual Confusion and Misnomer
4.4.4 What Culture? Whose Culture? Whose Creativity?
4.5 Efficacy of Creative City Strategy for Urban Sustainability
4.5.1 Supply-Driven by State: How Sustainable?
4.5.2 Urban Sustainability
References
Chapter 5: Kuala Lumpur: Gateway to Malaysia
5.1 Backdrop of Kuala Lumpur
5.2 Situation Analysis of Creative City Strategy for KL
5.2.1 Advantage as Capital and Primary City in Malaysia
5.2.2 KL – Magnet for Creative Talent?
5.2.3 A Culturally Well-Endowed Inner City
5.2.4 Non-cohesive Creative and Cultural Ecosystem
5.2.5 Social Exclusion
5.2.6 Failure of Education System to Nurture Creativity
5.3 The Nexus Between State, Market and Civil Society
References
Chapter 6: George Town – UNESCO World Heritage Site
6.1 Background of George Town
6.2 Situation Analysis of Creative City Strategy for GTWHS
6.2.1 George Town’s Outstanding Universal Value (OUV)
6.2.2 George Town and the City’s Emerging Art Movement
6.2.3 George Town’s Creative Hubs and Creative Entrepreneurship
6.2.4 Fragmented and Non-cohesive Creative Ecosystem
6.3 The Nexus Between State, Market and Civil Society
References
Chapter 7: Ipoh – From Tin Mining City to Creative City
7.1 Ipoh – Capital City of Perak
7.2 Situation Analysis of Creative City Strategy for Ipoh Tin Heritage City (ITHC)
7.2.1 Cultural Heritage Significance of ITHC
7.2.2 Growing Creative Contents within ITHC
7.2.3 Underdeveloped and Underpromoted Creative Ecosystem
7.2.4 Ipoh City as an Emerging Sub-Regional Creative Hub
7.2.5 Brain Drain
7.3 The Nexus Between State, Market and Civil Society
References
Chapter 8: Johor Bahru – A Border City’s Ideals and Challenges
8.1 Background of Johor Bahru
8.2 Situation Analysis of Creative City Strategy for JB
8.2.1 Unleashing JB’s Regional Role in the Big Picture
8.2.2 Reinstating and Acknowledging JB’s Creative and Cultural Endowments
8.2.3 Non-cohesive Ecosystem and Lack of Supporting Mechanisms
8.2.4 A Border City’s Accidental Homelessness
8.2.5 Brain Drain
8.3 The Nexus Between State, Market and Civil Society
References
Chapter 9: Concluding Thoughts and Way Forward
9.1 Looking at the Big Picture
9.2 The Way Forward
References
Index

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2021-10-09