The Cultural Vitality of Cities in Romania – 2016 edition

The analysis of the 2016 edition was carried out taking into consideration data gathered between 2010 and 2015 for five categories of indicators from 46 cities which we consider the main poles of cultural development or with potential of cultural development, excepting Bucharest which was not included into analysis due to its peculiar character of the level of amenity and cultural services specific to the other cities regarding cultural vitality.

The study contains a top of cultural vitality (according to the final index of vitality) for the period between 2010 and 2015, focused on the first 15 cities and also we made separate hierarchies for every category of indices – cultural infrastructure and participation, the budget allocated to the cultural domain, specialized human resources and creative industries.

In the top of the cultural vitality there are new cities with a spectacular progress, there are cases when the rise in the top was realized due to a certain category of indices rather than a larger context characterized by strong elements of vitality. It is the case of such cities as Craiova, Satu Mare, Târgu Jiu, Bistrița and Sfântu Gheorghe.

The study was published in Culturadata Notebooks – Volume 1/2017, Coordinators: Carmen Croitoru, Anda Becuț, ISSN 2537 – 5121, ISSN-L 2537 – 5121, Pro Universitaria Publishing House, 2017