Culturescope.ca - Sustainable Communities: Culture, Creativity and Inclusiveness<br><i>October 2005</i>

An important notice to Culturescope.ca users:

Sustainable cities and communities are ones that meet citizens’ current needs as well as ensuring the necessary resources for their future, and for future generations. Increasingly, the four pillars of environmental, economic, social, and cultural dimensions are considered crucial to this long-term sustainability.

The role of the fourth pillar – culture – in community development and sustainability has become a popular policy research focus. The contribution of culture to overall sustainability, as well as the way in which it links to the other pillars, is seen as an important topic of research inquiry, policy, and planning. As culture is more widely integrated into sustainability plans and related policies at all levels of government and in wider governance systems, the necessity of a broad understanding of its role in the community grows.

This autumn, at least ten conferences related to culture-based community development and sustainability are taking place across Canada and internationally. This makes for an opportune time to provide a window on how culture and creativity relate to community development and sustainability, featuring emerging ideas in this area.

Read on, as the Canadian Cultural Observatory and the Creative City Network of Canada bring Sustainable Communities: Culture, Creativity, and Inclusiveness In Focus.

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Special thanks to the Creative City Network of Canada, the Strategic Policy Unit at the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Cultural Development Network (Australia) for their cooperation in the development of Sustainable Communities In Focus.

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Living Heritage - Network Macedonia@

"The Living Heritage programme supports local initiatives aiming at protection, use and presentation of cultural heritage as a resource for sustainable community development."

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Rapport d'information; l'action culturelle diffuse, instrument de développement des territoires (available in French only)

« Les territoires, et notamment les territoires ruraux, sont assez facilement traités comme les objets d'une action que devraient mener les pouvoirs centraux. Pour éviter leur désindustrialisation, leur désertification, il revient à l'État de mener une politique active. »
Creator(s): Assemblée nationale française | Date Published: 2006-06-07

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INAC Sustainable Development

"The Sustainable Development Strategy for 2004-2006 reflects INAC's continuing efforts to integrate the principles of sustainable development into departmental decision making and, in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and northeners, to assist communities to achieve sustainability. This is a formidable challenge and one we know may take years to achieve."
Creator(s): Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) | Date Published: 2005

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