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Urban tourism and urban change : cities in a global economy / ostas Spirou.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spirou, Costas, author.
- Series:
- Metropolis and modern life.
- Metropolis and modern life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism.
- Cities and towns.
- Sociology, Urban.
- City planning.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy provides both a sociological / cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world's cities. This focused treatment of urban tourism examines the implications of these changes for urban management and planning sense, for success and failure in metropolitan change. Uniquely suited for teaching purposes, Costas Spirou integrates numerous case studies of cities to illuminate the significant impact and promise of tourism on urban image and economic development.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Changing Cities and the Commodification of Leisure; 2 Globalization, Urban Competition, and Tourism; 3 Tourism Policies and Urban Growth; 4 The Infrastructure and Finance of Urban Tourism; 5 Urban Tourism, Amenities, and Human Capital; 6 Residential Development and the New Face of Downtowns; 7 Implications and Debates; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-85902-0
- 1-283-04239-8
- 0-203-83580-8
- 1-136-85903-9
- 9786613042392
- 9780203835807
- OCLC:
- 705930859
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