- Developing Environments for the Creative Economy in Central Europe   305 kb by    Perry, Guy | alicja.kowalkowska@in-vi.com    Short Outline In no place in Europe is it more important to create spaces for the creative economy than in the new EU countries. The presentation will focus on the large scale projects in: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia & Montenegro. Abstract DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY IN CENTRAL EUROPE In no place in Europe is it more important to create spaces for the creative economy than in the new European Union accession countries and their neighbors to the East. It is a special challenge given the nature of Soviet era development during the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Unfortunately development during a new capitalist era has yet to foster a creative economy, to the extend necessary that these transition economies not only catch up to, but begin to surpass in certain areas neighbors to the West. The presentation will focus on the largest projects currently under development in: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary as well as in Ukraine and Serbia & Montenegro. This will include the 169 hectare Miasteczko Wilanów project in Warsaw, the Corvin district in Budapest and the development of Kiev riverfront. Each of these projects, in its own way, created new synergies with programmatic uses and integrated urban design to complement the metropolitan area as a whole and to attract and retain the global talent that will sustain a creative economy. Keywords mixed-use, sustainability, community, Central and Eastern Europe Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2005: Making Spaces for the Creative Economy   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper