Infrastructure of Play

Building the Tourist City

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

AvDennis R. Judd

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Using in-depth case studies, this volume shows how the infrastructure of tourism has transformed cities throughout North America. It makes clear that the modern urban environment is being thoroughly altered to emphasize the growing tourism sector in such areas as renovated waterfronts.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-10-31
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt498 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780765609564

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1: Building the Tourist City: Editor's Introduction; I: An Era of City-Building; 2: Urban Tourism and the Privatizing Discourses of Public Infrastructure; 3: Tourism and Entertainment as Local Economic Development: A National Survey; II: Building a Tourist Space; 4: Building the Infrastructure of Urban Tourism: The Case of St. Louis; 5: Indianapolis, a Sports Strategy, and the Redefinition of Downtown Redevelopment; 6: If We Build It, They Will Come! Tourism-Based Economic Development in Baltimore; 7: From Waterhole to World City: Place-Luck and Public Agendas in Denver; 8: Tourism and Strategic Competitiveness: Infrastructure Development in Mexico City; III: Restructuring the Urban Environment; 9: The Political Economy of Tourism Development in the San Diego-Tijuana Trans-Frontier Metropolis; 10: Tourism Infrastructure and Urban Redevelopment in Montréal; 11: Tourism Infrastructure of a Postindustrial City: A Case Study of Vancouver, British Columbia; 12: The Infrastructure of Urban Tourism: A European Model? A Comparative Analysis of Mega-Projects in Four Eurocities