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Vishal Kumar
Cultureincities Ltd., 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ, UK

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Vishal is the director of cultureincities, a data science consultancy for the arts and culture in cities, and a cultural data scientist at The Bartlett’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL. He uses a combination of data science and visualization, machine learning and computer vision, urban economics, and social media analytics. Vishal is a Visiting Associate at King’s College London, a visiting lecturer at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Christie’s Education, and is a member of the Museums AI Network and Cities of Culture Postgraduate Research Network.

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Journal article
Published: 19 July 2021 in Sustainability
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The COVID-19 pandemic severely upended cultural and creative production, consumption, and interactions in cities. Open green spaces, parks, forests, and gardens—green infrastructure—were instead utilized by citizens as a substitute for stimulating social interactions, sustainable tourism, and green growth. (1) The purpose of this research is to understand whether the availability of green infrastructure relates to the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor (CCCM) benchmarking project developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission performance. Does new evidence suggest revising the CCCM conceptual framework and related urban policies, especially in relation to the EU Green Deal? (2) Data from OpenStreetMap was used to count the amount of green infrastructure in 184 European Cities covered by the CCM and was then correlated with the sub-indices of the CCCM. (3) We found a moderately positive correlation of green infrastructure with the cultural vibrancy of a city and a weak positive correlation with the enabling environment of a city. (4) In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU Green Deal and several other policy initiatives aimed at urban greening, we recommend that the CCCM include an Urban Nature sub-index as one of the performance indicators of the CCCM. An Urban Nature sub-index will broaden the goal of the CCCM by providing policymakers with a better understanding of actions and strategies to allow culture to contribute to social inclusion and green growth strategies in cities.

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Vishal Kumar; Aude Vuilliomenet. Urban Nature: Does Green Infrastructure Relate to the Cultural and Creative Vitality of European Cities? Sustainability 2021, 13, 8052 .

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Vishal Kumar, Aude Vuilliomenet. Urban Nature: Does Green Infrastructure Relate to the Cultural and Creative Vitality of European Cities? Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):8052.

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Vishal Kumar; Aude Vuilliomenet. 2021. "Urban Nature: Does Green Infrastructure Relate to the Cultural and Creative Vitality of European Cities?" Sustainability 13, no. 14: 8052.

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Published: 13 December 2018 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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Contemporary research into future cities tends to focus on technology, architecture and infrastructure. However, this study highlights the importance of public art projects for our future cities. Very little empirical evidence and academic studies exist to determine whether or not public art is core to the life and demand of citizens. Using a hybrid contingent valuation (CV) and wellbeing valuation (WV) survey approach (Bakhshi et al., 2015), we collected data at two public art initiatives organised by MTArt Agency. 60% of our sample audience were willing to pay at least £5 for the implementation of more public art in their local area, with 84% willing to pay at least £2, and 84% of our sample said regular public art initiatives would increase their wellbeing. A binary logistic regression model was then used to measure the extent to which Londoners are willing to pay for public art and which factors influenced their decision. This paper evaluates the potential financial support and desire from citizens towards public art in their cities. We find evidence to suggest that Londoners are willing to pay for more public art in their local area and discover a range of explanatory variables which influenced their decisions. We hope to add to the existing academic research by demonstrating a core need from the audience towards public art, particularly, a willingness to pay for public art projects to become an integral part of their city experience. It is important to understand the economic value of public art initiatives within smart cities context because it will allow policy makers, urban planners and developers to implement such initiatives in the future. With this innovative multi-disciplinary approach, we hope to enable arts projects to engage wider demographics, obtain stronger financial support and become a more meaningful integration into our urban realm.

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Marine Tanguy; Vishal Kumar. Measuring the extent to which Londoners are willing to pay for public art in their city. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2018, 142, 301 -311.

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Marine Tanguy, Vishal Kumar. Measuring the extent to which Londoners are willing to pay for public art in their city. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2018; 142 ():301-311.

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Marine Tanguy; Vishal Kumar. 2018. "Measuring the extent to which Londoners are willing to pay for public art in their city." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 142, no. : 301-311.