CULTURE ECONOMY AS RESOURCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERIPHERIAL (REMOTE) TOWNS IN ROMANIA
CULTURE ECONOMY AS RESOURCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERIPHERIAL (REMOTE) TOWNS IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: Cultural heritage as a potential endogenous resource for local and regional development has been “reinvented”, being used especially in areas lacking “traditional” economic resources, areas lagging behind. As the approach of culture has been revised, the two concepts that were before considered as exclusive, culture and economy have become complementary, culture being seen in the last thirty years as a creative industry. The EU policies that have revised their strategy, stressing more on the role of the local endogenous resources in regional development have opened up new possibilities for countries lacking traditional economic resources. In Romania several urban and rural administrations have revised their development strategies, emphasizing the role of local cultural heritage in their upbringing. This paper intends to show through the case-study of a small-town from Eastern Transylvania the way cultural heritage is used by the local actors as strength in their regional development strategy.

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