Berlin's transformation since the fall of the Wall in 1989 has been due, in large measure, to skillful place marketing. Here Claire Colomb explores how various actors have worked over time to create new images and urban myths to sell Berlin to investors, visitors, Germans and Berliners themselves. By combining urban political economy and cultural approaches from the disciplines of urban politics, geography, sociology and planning, the book contributes to a better understanding of the interplay between the symbolic 'politics of representation' through place marketing and the politics of urban...
Berlin's transformation since the fall of the Wall in 1989 has been due, in large measure, to skillful place marketing. Here Claire Colomb explores ho...
Berlin's transformation since the fall of the Wall in 1989 has been due, in large measure, to skillful place marketing. Here Claire Colomb explores how various actors have worked over time to create new images and urban myths to sell Berlin to investors, visitors, Germans and Berliners themselves.
Berlin's transformation since the fall of the Wall in 1989 has been due, in large measure, to skillful place marketing. Here Claire Colomb explores ho...
Across the globe, from established tourist destinations such as Venice or Prague to less traditional destinations in both the global North and South, there is mounting evidence that points to an increasing politicization of the topic of urban tourism. In some cities, residents and other stakeholders take issue with the growth of tourism as such, as well as the negative impacts it has on their cities; while in others, particular forms and effects of tourism are contested or deplored. In numerous settings, contestations revolve less around tourism itself than around broader processes,...
Across the globe, from established tourist destinations such as Venice or Prague to less traditional destinations in both the global North and Sout...
