Id		107
Author		Evans, G.,
Title		Measure for measure: evaluating the evidence of culture’s contribution to regeneration.
Reference		Evans, G. (2005). Measure for measure: evaluating the evidence of culture’s contribution to regeneration. Urban Studies, 42, 5/6: 959‑83.
Keywords		Cities; Culture-led regeneration; Impacts; Evidence-based evaluation
Link to article		https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00420980500107102
Abstract		"Culture-led regeneration, as it has come to be known, is now a feature of cities—old and new—as they seek to revive former industrial and waterfront sites and city centres, and establish themselves as competitive cities of culture. At the same time, the rationale for cultural input to area and neighbourhood regeneration has been extended to include quality of life, as well economic outcomes. The evidence of how far flagship and major cultural projects contribute to a range of regeneration objectives is, however, limited. Measuring the social, economic and environmental impacts attributed to the cultural element in area regeneration is problematic and the ‘evidence’ is seldom robust. The paper reviews both evidence and the indicators used to measure impacts and concludes with an assessment of how and why gaps in evidence persist."
Metodology		Review of relevant literature and case studies
Findings		The evidence of regeneration using major cultural projects and the sustained impacts arising—including the longer-term measurement required to test these out—does appear to be limited. Where evidence is emerging, distributive effects and regeneration objectives as now defined, are generally underachieved— or they are not sustained. A conclusion seems to be that the flagship and major city-centre and waterfront cultural schemes are less about regeneration than the conventional wisdom portrays them. The nature of cultural projects which feature in regeneration schemes may need to be assessed more rigorously in terms of the impacts they actually produce.
Open Access		YES
DOI		10.1080/00420980500107102
Search Database		WoS (Web of Science)
Technique		Document analysis; Literature review; Case studies

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