
View of Lisbon. Public Domain.
Erasing the past destabilizes memory and fractures communities. If we are to live together in diversity, we must address the future of the city from an economic, cultural and social perspective. The key question is how to combine heritage and creativity. What can we expect in the future and what can we do about it? Charles Landry has some of the answers.
Manuel Serrano: In The Origins and Futures of the Creative City you say that the city faces an escalating crisis that cannot be solved by a ‘business as usual’ approach. Can you explain what type of crisis you are referring to?