Author: Terry Flew
Cite as:
Flew, T. (2017). Creative industries and regional development strategies. Journal of Creative Industries and Cultural Studies – JOCIS, 1, 16-29.
Creative Industries, Culture and Debate on Geography of Regions and Cities The concept of creative industries is now well established in both academic and policy discourse. Historically, it had its roots in the policies of Tony Blair’s “New Labour” governments of the United Kingdom during the late 1990s and 2000s. Its creative industries policies were in turn influenced by culture-led urban renewal strategies in major UK cities such as Manchester, Sheffield and Glasgow, as well as by economically oriented cultural policy strategies such as the Australian government’s 1994 Creative Nation program (Flew, 2012a).