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The city today is progressively conceptualized by using terms, such as Creative
Cities or Creative Class and stressing the importance of Creativity. Lisbon is here in focus,
considering the implementation of the ideas behind the Creative City concept by Richard
Florida and Charles Landry, as well as the critical responses from the cultural sector.
“Creativity” in this context refers to the elaboration of new ideas and to the application of
these ideas to produce original works of art and cultural products, and technological
innovations. Furthermore does this thesis reveal the impact of changes made socially and
physically based on examples in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Moreover is the focus on the
work of cognitive-cultural employees in the Creative City and beyond, because the idea of
creativity in the workplace offers opportunities for urban development and the personal
development of urban inhabitants. This will be developed through a critique of the literature
and some illustrative examples of people with creative occupations or by highlighting
different location in Lisbon. The focus to change urban spaces lays in a deeper understanding
of how “creativity” is constructed and performed in specific urban contexts in order to be
sustainable.
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Sustainability Creative cities Creative class Creativity Cultural diversity Lisbon