The Impact of Artists on Contemporary Urban Development in Europe

1. Theorising Artists as Actors of Urban Change
Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, Jarosław Działek

Part I. Patterns and Tendencies of Spatial Concentrations of Artists and Cultural Activities

2. Artists as Pioneers or Tools for Urban Redevelopment? Inside the ‘Village of Artists’ of Saint-Gilles, Brussels
Tatiana Debroux

3. Artists as Initiators of Urban Transformation: Are Gentrification and Touristification Inevitable? A Case Study of the Reuter Quarter in Neukölln, Berlin
Mariko Ikeda

4. Do Artists Need Artistic Quarters? Spatial Preferences and Choices of Artists in Krakow
Jarosław Działek, Monika Murzyn-Kupisz

5. Dynamics Behind the Rise of a Creative Space? A Creative Quarter Development in Belgrade
Nikola Jocić, Aljoša Budović, Andreas Winkler

6. After the Archipelago Basins: The Case of Independent Music Stage in Warsaw
Katarzyna Wojnar

7. The Role of Theatre Venues in the Transformation of Barcelona
Daniel Paül i Agustí, Joan Ganau, Pilar Riera

8. Agglomeration of Bohemians Across Different Spatial Scales in Slovenia
Jani Kozina, David Bole

Part II. Exploring the Diversity of Artists’ Involvement in Urban Development

9. Beyond Art in ‘Meanwhile Spaces’: Temporary Parks, Urban Governance and the Co-production of Urban Space
Niamh Moore-Cherry

10. Street Art Events and Their Impact on Urban Redevelopment. Case Study of Paris 13 Tower Exhibition in the Paris Rive Gauche Mixed Development Zone
Clotilde Kullmann

11. Starting a Creative City from Below: Artistic Communities in St. Petersburg as Actors of Urban Change
Aleksandra (Oleksandra) Nenko

12. Leipzig’s Visual Artists as Actors of Urban Change
Silvie Jacobi

13. Artistic Interventions and Pockets of Memory on the Former Wall Strip in Berlin
Martin Barthel

14. Artists as Planners? Identifying Five Conceptual Spaces for Interactive Urban Development
Thomas Borén, Craig Young

15. Practices and Prejudices: Lessons from an Encounter Between Artists and Urban Planners
Elsa Vivant, Nadia Arab, Burcu Özdirlik

Keywords: Social Sciences, Human Geography, Economic Geography, Regional and Cultural Studies, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Arts