Tourism and Urban Regeneration: Processes Compressed in Time and Space

ISBN-13: 9781138625136 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 112 str.

Alberto Amore

Opis

Tourism and Urban Regeneration: Processes Compressed in Time and Space presents the global phenomenon of tourism and urban regeneration through the contemporary frames of spatial planning theory, metagovernance, resilience and disaster capitalism.

Spis treści

List of figures. List of plates. List of boxes. Acknowledgements. List of acronyms.1. IntroductionContemporary urban regeneration. Urban renaissance: a new urban frontier or the restoration of class power? Urban regeneration and tourism: a way forward? Towards a time-space appraisal of tourism and urban regeneration. Summary and structure of the book.2. TimeIntroduction. Urban regeneration, tourism and the waves of neoliberalism. Urban regeneration and tourism: a crisis-driven perspective. Event-led urban regeneration and tourism. Post-disaster urban regeneration and tourism. Urban regeneration, tourism and circulation of capital: a time perspective. Summary.3. SpaceIntroduction. Urban regeneration, space and territoriality. Site based vs area-based urban regeneration and tourism. Place identity and site contestation in urban regeneration and tourism. Regeneration, tourism and the global urban hierarchy. Summary.4. TourismIntroduction. Tourism-led urban regeneration. Tourism-oriented urban regeneration. The creative turn in tourism and urban regeneration. Tourism and urban regeneration: a holistic perspective. Summary.5. ConclusionUrban resilience and tourism. Urban regeneration and tourism: back to future? What future?References. Index.

O autorze

Alberto Amore is a Lecturer in Tourism and Air Travel Management at Solent University, United Kingdom. He holds a PhD in Management (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and an MA in Tourism, Territory and Local Development (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy). His research interests include urban planning, urban tourism and urban regeneration, with a focus on post-disaster urban governance and destination resilience.