TY - JFULL AU - Milica Stojanovic and Natasa Petkovic and Petar Mitkovic PY - 2012/8/ TI - Culture and Creativity as Driving Forces for Urban Regeneration in Serbia T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 1853 EP - 1859 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1805 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 67, 2012 N2 - This paper develops a critical perspective on using culture and creativity as tools for urban regeneration. Following a brief assessment of the evolution of cultural policy in recent decades and different urban regeneration scheme, the concepts of creativity and creative cities are discussed. This is followed by an attempt to clarify the relationship between the concepts of creativity and culture. A more detailed critique of cultural and creative initiatives in Serbian cities is then undertaken. These attempts show that the potential for development of urban regeneration driven by culture and creativity exist. But, these initiatives failed to produce adequate results because they did not take root as a comprehensive urban regeneration strategy, therefore, recommendations for further development are offered. ER -