This book explores what games and play can tell us about contemporary processes of urbanization and examines how the dynamics of gaming can help us understand the interurban competition that underpins the entrepreneurialism of the ‘smart’ and ‘creative’ city.

This book investigates the overlap of memory and the impacts of industrialization within today’s communities and the senses of place and heritage which grew alongside and in reaction to the growth of mines, mills, and factories. Using global examples, the authors provide a uniquely geographic understanding to industrial heritage.