Purpose

This study aims to address the research gap about value in the holistic discourse of creative placemaking. It identifies and synthesises the often discounted social and environmental values of creative placemaking along with typically emphasised economic values.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper builds upon two research phases; first, a review and extraction of creative placemaking value indicators from relevant current urban, cultural and planning literature; and second, the identification of relevant, practice-based, value indicators through interviews with 23 placemaking experts including practitioners, urban planners, developers and place managers from the two largest cities of NSW, Australia; Sydney and Newcastle.

Findings

This study identifies three broad thematics for valuing creative placemaking along with several sub-categories of qualitative and quantitative indicators. These indicators reveal the holistic value of creative placemaking for its key stakeholders, including expert placemakers, designers, building developers, government and community groups. A key conclusion of the research is the need for tools that grasp the interconnected, and at times conflicting, nature of placemaking’s social, economic and environmental outcomes.

Originality/value

While a variety of value indicators exist to understand the need for ongoing resourcing of creative placemaking, stakeholders identified the limitations of current approaches to determine, represent and appraise the value of creative placemaking. The indicators of value proposed in this research consolidate and extend current discourse about the value of creative placemaking specifically. The indicators themselves have profound practical implications for how creative placemaking is conceived, executed and evaluated. Theoretically, the study builds on the deep relationships between values and practice in creative placemaking, as well as critiquing narrow forms of evaluation that entrench economic benefits over other outcomes.

中文翻译：

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确定和表现创意场所营造的价值

目的

本研究旨在解决有关创意场所营造整体话语中价值的研究差距。它识别并综合了创意场所营造的经常被忽视的社会和环境价值以及通常强调的经济价值。

设计/方法/方法

本文建立在两个研究阶段；首先，从相关的当前城市、文化和规划文献中回顾和提取创意场所营造价值指标；其次，通过采访来自澳大利亚新南威尔士州两个最大城市的 23 位场所营造专家，包括从业者、城市规划师、开发商和场所管理者，确定相关的、基于实践的价值指标；悉尼和纽卡斯尔。

发现

本研究确定了评估创意场所营造的三大主题以及定性和定量指标的几个子类别。这些指标揭示了创意场所营造对其主要利益相关者的整体价值，包括专家场所制作者、设计师、建筑开发商、政府和社区团体。该研究的一个关键结论是需要能够掌握场所营造的社会、经济和环境结果的相互关联且有时相互冲突的性质的工具。

原创性/价值

虽然存在各种价值指标来了解对创意场所营造的持续资源的需求，但利益相关者确定了当前确定、代表和评估创意场所营造价值的方法的局限性。本研究中提出的价值指标巩固和扩展了当前关于创意场所营造价值的讨论。这些指标本身对于创意场所营造的构思、执行和评估方式具有深远的实际意义。从理论上讲，该研究建立在创意场所营造中价值观与实践之间的深层关系之上，并批评了狭隘的评估形式，这些评估形式将经济利益置于其他结果之上。