Graeme Evans is Emeritus Professor of Creative and Cultural Economy at the University of the Arts London. He served as founding director and professor at the Cities Institute, London, and the Centre for Urban & Euregional Studies, Maastricht University, and held the posts of Professor of Design Cultures and the director of the Art & Design Research Institute, Middlesex University, and Professor of Design at Brunel University. Key publications include Cultural Planning: An Urban Renaissance? (Routledge), Designing Sustainable Cities and Mega-Events: Placemaking, Regeneration and City Regional Development (Routledge), and over a hundred chapters in edited books and journal articles. He has undertaken numerous grant-funded research projects for UK research councils, the European Commission and commissioned research studies on cultural policy for the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), Arts Council England, Historic England, HM Treasury, Council of Europe, UNESCO and the OECD; regional development agencies, including Creative London, Toronto Metro and Limburg Province, the Netherlands; and international cultural development agencies in South Korea, China, Canada and Sweden. Prior to academe, he was a musician, co-director of an arts centre in North London and director of the London Association of Arts Centres.

1. Introduction

2. A Place for the Arts

3. Events and Festivals

4. Cultural Heritage

5. Cultural and Creative Quarters

6. Digital Cultural Space

7. Fashion Spaces

8. Graffiti and Street Art

9. Socially Engaged Practice and Cultural Mapping