TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the creative city discourse expanding on current tangible and intangible strategies, by integrating recent placemaking tactics to develop a multidimensional framework for designing creative places.Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on a framework analysis and critical meta-review of current research on creative city and placemaking.Findings The findings show that there are three additional factors related to placemaking tactics in the established literature: institutional factors, human factor and arts and design factor emerging from the intersection of creative city and placemaking frameworks.Practical implications The findings of this study can inform a more holistic approach to placemaking in creative cities in both theory and practice, namely, a multidimensional place management framework for creative environments of today.Originality/value This paper contributes to the current trends in creative city and the development of placemaking guidelines. It provides a simplified view of an exhaustive list of existing literature. VL - 13 IS - 3 SN - 1753-8335 DO - 10.1108/JPMD-02-2019-0010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-02-2019-0010 AU - Mengi Onur AU - Guaralda Mirko PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - Multidimensional management framework for creative places T2 - Journal of Place Management and Development PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 297 EP - 317 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -