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European port cities and urban regeneration : exploring cultural and sporting mega events at the water's edge / Enrico Tommarchi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tommarchi, Enrico, author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban renewal--Europe.
- Urban renewal.
- Port cities--Europe.
- Port cities.
- Hosting of sporting event--Europe.
- Hosting of sporting event.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Enrico Tommarchi is Lecturer in Town Planning at London South Bank University. He took part in the JPICH-funded project HOMEE (Heritage Opportunities/threats within Mega-Events in Europe) and in the evaluation of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, undertaken by the Culture, Place and Policy Institute (CPPI) of the University of Hull, where he completed his PhD. His research focuses on culture- and event-led regeneration and port-city relationships. He is a spatial planner by training (IUAV University of Venice) and he is interested in the geographies of port and coastal cities, the socio-spatial and symbolic outcomes of mega events, culture-led urban regeneration.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Exploring port cities of culture and events
- Bridging port-city relationships, urban regeneration and mega events
- Waterfront redevelopment and the rationale for hosting mega events
- Port cities and event-led regeneration in ontologically-insecure times
- The spatiality of event-led regeneration at the port-city interface
- The politics of event-led regeneration in port cities
- Event-led regeneration and symbolic port-city links
- Conclusions. A forward look at port cities of culture and events
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tommarchi, Enrico. European port cities and urban regeneration
- ISBN:
- 9781003165811
- 1003165818
- 9781000623796
- 1000623793
- 9781000623888
- 1000623882
- Publisher Number:
- 40031293863
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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