The Legacy of the European Capitals of Culture

Dear Colleagues,

The European Capital of Culture is the most ambitious cultural collaborative project performed in Europe. Since its launch in 1985, until 2000, several capitals of the European Union countries and a few of their other more important cities hosted them. Later, less known and less large cities were also selected for hosting this mega-event.

After all those years of implementing the European Capital of Culture, what can be told about its legacy on the cities which have hosted it? Did it succeed attaining the aims envisaged by the hosting cities in what regards urban regeneration, improving image and building new equipment, changing the socioeconomic profile, branding the city, attracting investment and enhancing the tourism industry? What can be said about the legacy in terms of enhancing the cultural life of the cities?

These are the main questions to which we would like to get answers in the Special Issue of Urban Science that we plan to edit. With this aim, we welcome the contribution of researcher approaching the issue from several scientific perspectives and taking the cases of various hosting cities, larger and smaller, around all Europe.

Prof. Dr. J. Cadima Ribeiro
Guest Editor

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• European Capital of Culture;

• mega-events legacy;

• urban regeneration;

• cities competition;

• cities image;

• cities promotion;

• attracting capital investment;

• tourists’ attraction;

• cities socio-economic profile