Understanding cultural geography as a pseudo-diffusion process: The case of the Veneto Region

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In this paper, we study the cultural geography of the Veneto Region on the basis of a pseudo-diffusion approach to the analysis of the inherent semantic spatial data. We find somewhat surprising results, and, in particular, that Venice, indisputably the Region's cultural hub in terms of concentration of activities and facilities, global visibility and attraction of resources, plays a marginal role in determining the momentum of cultural initiative at the regional level as of 2007 data. The areas with the greater momentum are relatively marginal ones but characterized by a strong presence of design-oriented companies that are actively engaging in culture-driven innovation in a context of gradually horizontally-integrated clusters. Our findings call for a revision of the traditional policy approaches that identify centralities in terms of concentration of activities and facilities based on past dynamics, and to design policies accordingly. We argue in favour of a more forward-looking, evidence-based approach.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Economies ; ISSN: 2227-7099 ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 100-127 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Classification Methods; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Models ; Neural Networks and Related Topics ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
• Subject: cultural geography ; cultural activities and facilities ; culture-led local development ; pseudo-diffusion process ; topological weighted centroid

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ferilli, Guido ; Sacco, Pier Luigi ; Buscema, Massimo ; Blessi, Giorgio Tavano
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/economies3020100
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/167721
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET