Experience and inspiration in shaping urban cultural space: Cases of London, Paris, New York and Tokyo

Urban culture place is the concentrated embodiment of urban vitality, which has increasingly become the focus of urban construction. It's of great practical significance for improving city quality and realizing sustainable development to study the shaping methods of urban cultural space. In this paper, four international cities' status quos of cultural space development are chosen for case studies. The spatial types are classified into three levels: "integration-functionality-serviceability". The shaping methods include strategic guidance, shaping diverse cultural spaces, forming characteristic cultural industries, and promoting the equalization of cultural facilities. Based on the above, it is proposed that in the important period of urban transformation and development in China, we can learn from international experience in terms of creating urban image, formulating cultural development planning, developing creative industries, and improving urban cultural atmosphere and vitality, and achieving the goal of diverse cultural space, abundant cultural activities, accessible cultural facilities and prosperous cultural establishment.