Monika Murzyn-Kupisz holds a doctorate and a post-doctoral habilitation in economic sciences from Cracow University of Economics and an MA in European Leisure Studies (a joint diploma of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Tilburg University, Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao and Loughborough University). She is a professor at the UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies, Faculty of Public Economics and Public Administration, Cracow University of Economics. She specialises in multidisciplinary research within the broad field of cultural economics, heritage studies and urban studies, with a special focus on heritage, heritage institutions, cultural and creative activities and artists as well as urban regeneration processes, in particular their analysis in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. Jarosław Działek, PhD, is a graduate in geography and sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. He is an assistant professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University. His research interests include a focus on the social dimensions of local and regional development. He is the author and co-author of a number of books and papers on the following topics: geography of artists and creativity, cultural heritage and social capital building, social capital resources in Poland, perception of natural hazards.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: Artists, artistic activities and urban transformations.- Chapter 2: Artistic quarters and dilemmas of urban change.- Chapter 3: Artists, artistic interventions and urban development.- Conclusions.- Index.

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz holds a doctorate and a post-doctoral habilitation in economic sciences from Cracow University of Economics and an MA in European Leisure Studies (a joint diploma of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Tilburg University, Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao and Loughborough University). She is a professor at the UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies, Faculty of Public Economics and Public Administration, Cracow University of Economics. She specialises in multidisciplinary research within the broad field of cultural economics, heritage studies and urban studies, with a special focus on heritage, heritage institutions, cultural and creative activities and artists as well as urban regeneration processes, in particular their analysis in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. Jarosław Działek, PhD, is a graduate in geography and sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. He is an assistant professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University. His research interests include a focus on the social dimensions of local and regional development. He is the author and co-author of a number of books and papers on the following topics: geography of artists and creativity, cultural heritage and social capital building, social capital resources in Poland, perception of natural hazards.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: Artists, artistic activities and urban transformations.- Chapter 2: Artistic quarters and dilemmas of urban change.- Chapter 3: Artists, artistic interventions and urban development.- Conclusions.- Index.

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz holds a doctorate and a post-doctoral habilitation in economic sciences from Cracow University of Economics and an MA in European Leisure Studies (a joint diploma of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Tilburg University, Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao and Loughborough University). She is a professor at the UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies, Faculty of Public Economics and Public Administration, Cracow University of Economics. She specialises in multidisciplinary research within the broad field of cultural economics, heritage studies and urban studies, with a special focus on heritage, heritage institutions, cultural and creative activities and artists as well as urban regeneration processes, in particular their analysis in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. Jarosław Działek, PhD, is a graduate in geography and sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. He is an assistant professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University. His research interests include a focus on the social dimensions of local and regional development. He is the author and co-author of a number of books and papers on the following topics: geography of artists and creativity, cultural heritage and social capital building, social capital resources in Poland, perception of natural hazards.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: Artists, artistic activities and urban transformations.- Chapter 2: Artistic quarters and dilemmas of urban change.- Chapter 3: Artists, artistic interventions and urban development.- Conclusions.- Index.