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- Title
Inspiring Capital? Deconstructing myths and reconstructing urban environments, Edinburgh, 1860–2010.
- Authors
MADGIN, REBECCA; RODGER, RICHARD
- Abstract
‘Inspiring Capital’ is the sign that confronts visitors and residents alike at the boundaries of the Edinburgh administrative area. It is a consciously ambiguous message of self-promotion: the logo proclaims the dual standing of the city of Edinburgh as a European capital city and a city of international capital. The article uses a long-run approach to explore how, by inventing and nurturing a myth about Edinburgh as a non-industrial city, councillors and planners privileged the ancient and historical character of the city and so conditioned policies associated with urban renewal and land use.
- Subjects
EDINBURGH (Scotland); SCOTLAND; UNITED Kingdom; CITIES &; towns; URBAN planning; IMAGE; URBAN planners; ECONOMIC conditions in cities &; towns; CAPITAL; CAPITAL cities; URBAN growth; URBAN economics; INDUSTRIES; SCOTTISH economy; HISTORY
- Publication
Urban History, 2013, Vol 40, Issue 3, p507
- ISSN
0963-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0963926813000448