Urban planning, architecture and the making of creative spaces

This chapter explores a reconfiguring relationship between planning, architecture and the creative industries. Although it uses examples related to the experience of England and the rest of the UK, the chapter considers the relationships between the development of architecture, urban planning and the creative economy internationally. What the chapter shows is that creativity is important to cities and that culture&s; has become an integral part of doing&s; urban development and renewal. The chapter outlines a reconfiguring and evolving relationship between planning, tourism and the creative industries, exploring the ways in which urban planning and architecture contribute to establishing tourist and/or creative spaces. It discusses how the cultural industries are mapped, specifically in the UK, and how architecture is defined as a creative occupation. It also discusses how the cultural industries are mapped, specifically in the UK, and how architecture is defined as a creative occupation.