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The Intercultural City - planning for diversity advantage
Introduction
In their new book 'The Intercultural City', Phil Wood and Charles Landry call for increased intercultural thinking in cities. As cities around the world are becoming more diverse, the authors believe more attention needs to be given to the opportunities that diversity provides, instead of solely focusing on its negative effects. Wood & Landry point at the many opportunities, resources and advantages that cultural diversity brings -economically, socially as well as culturally. They acknowledge the value of multiculturalism, but state that fresh thinking is needed in this respect. This book explores how cities can move from being multicultural cities of fragmented differences to co-created intercultural cities that make the very most of their diversity. It contains many case studies from around the world and provides concrete guidelines for cities on how to turn diversity into an advantage.
Proposition
How to move from the multicultural city of fragmented differences to the co-created intercultural city that makes the very most of its diversity?
Description
'The Intercultural City' consists of ten chapters:
  1. The urge to define, sort and categorize
    Creates a narrative for diversity and explains how it can answer certain problems of our age.

  2. The context of diversity
    Provides a contextual background.

  3. Living apart: segregation
    Focuses on different concepts of segregation such as the classic ghetto, the assimiliationist city and the underclass.

  4. A short history of urban encounter around the world
    Describes Persepolis, Rome, the T'ang Dynasty, Umayyid Cordoba, Constantinople and the Dutch Golden Age to illustrate that intercultural encounter and interaction have always existed.

  5. Living together now: modern zones of encounter
    Explores the various ways in which people meet in today's modern society. The authors point at places such as neighbourhoods, work, education, the market place, public space, sport and cyberspace. This chapter provides an extensive list of cases around the world such as Rotterdam, Rochdale, Vancouver and Copenhagen. An important question posed is how the erosion of the public sphere can be reversed and how the spaces and institututions that bring people together can be regenerated.

  6. Diversity advantage: the benefits of cross-cultural interaction
    Focuses on diversity advantage and shows how diversity can bring economic benefits. It also illustrates how diversity can positively contribute to companies.

  7. The city through an intercultural lens
    Looks a the city from an intercultural perspective and focuses on the question how cities can make themselves more intercultural.

  8. A new intercultural citizenship
    The authors state that for an intercultural city to be successful, new kinds of leaders and citizens are needed. The new intercultural citizenship they promote is discussed in this chapter.

  9. Indicators of openness and interculturalism
    Explains that the indicators of openness and interculturalisation might have to be adapted as it is difficult to measure these factors.

  10. Conclusion: the ecology of new civics
    Provides a conclusion, including the ten steps to an intercultural city policy.
Background information
Wood, P. & Landry, C. (2008) The Intercultural City: planning for diversity advantage. London, Earthscan.
Conclusions
In their conclusion, Wood & Landry state that there are five principles of an intercultural city:
  • Leadership
  • City-making
  • City management
  • Citizenship
  • Bridging & mixing
In order to create an intercultural city policy, the authors suggest cities to take ten steps. These steps range from making public statements relating to interculturalism to the establishment of intercultural observatories.
Contact info
Comedia
Phone: +44 (0)1452 770624
enquiry@comedia.org.uk
Publication date
//2008
Researcher
Phil Wood & Charles Landry
Article info
ISBN: 978/1/84407/436/5

Links
'The Intercultural City' can be ordered online on the Comedia website

Document type
research
Themes
Urban Policy
Keywords
Social inclusion & integration
 


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