City spaces - tourist places: urban tourism precincts

Over the last decade, commentaries and research on urban tourism precincts have predominantly focused on: their role in the tourism attractions mix; their physical and functional forms; their economic significance; their role as a catalyst for urban renewal; their evolution and associated development processes; and, perhaps more broadly, their role, locality and function within the context of urban planning.. City Spaces Tourist Places both consolidates and develops the extant knowledge of urban tourism precincts into a coherent research driven contemporary work. It will revisit and examine the foundational literature but will, more importantly, engage with aspects of precinct development that have been either underdeveloped or received only limited consideration, for example, the psychological and socio-cultural dimensions of the precinct experience. Written by an international team of contributors it provides the readerwith:. A comprehensive analysis of foundational theory and cutting-edge advances in the knowledge of the precinct phenomenon. An examination of previously underdeveloped topics and themes based on contemporary and ground-breaking research. Typological and theoretical frameworks in which to locate precinct form, function and experience. Brilliantly edited to ensure theoretical continuityand coherence City Spaces Tourist Places is vital reading for anyone involvedin the study or planning of urban tourism precincts. A cutting-edge text which not only examines foundational theory in urban studies but advances knowledge of the precinct phenomenon by its engagement of previously underdeveloped topics. Provides typological and theoretical frameworks in which to locate precinct form, function and experience. Written by an international team of expert contributors and brilliantly edited to ensure theoretical continuity and coherence INDICE: SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Evolution of the Tourism Precinct; Chapter 3: Places and People a precinct typology;Chapter 4: Theorizing Precincts Disciplinary Perspectives; SECTION 2: KEY THEMES AND ISSUES; Chapter 5: Introduction to Key Themes and Issues; Chapter 6: Precincts within the Urban Form relationships with the city; Chapter 7:The Structure and Form of Precincts; Chapter 8: Contribution of Precincts to the UrbanEconomy; Chapter 9: Precincts within the Urban Destination Experience; Chapter 10: The Tourist Experience of Precincts; Chapter 11: Visitor/Host Community Relationships in Precincts; Chapter 12: Conflicts/Politics in Precinct Development; SECTION 3: PRECINCTS IN PRACTICE; Chapter 13: Introduction to Precinct Planning and Design, Management and Marketing; Chapter 14: Best-practice Planning and Design Case Study 1; Chapter 15: Best-Practice Planning and Design CaseStudy 2; Chapter 16: Best- practice Management Case Study 1; Chapter 17: Best- practice Management Case Study 2; Chapter 18: Best-Practice Marketing Case study 1; Chapter 19: Best-Practice Marketing Case study 2; SECTION 4: THEORY AND PRACTICE; Chapter 20: Reprise The role of Precincts in the Tourists City Experience

• ISBN: 978-0-7506-8195-7
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 381
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés