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Social forces and the evolution of tourism: A historical framework of urban change
Costas Spirou
- Vol. 41, Iss: 1, pp 68-80
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In this paper, the conditions that gave rise to tourism as a tool of urban economic development are discussed, focusing on the conditions and conditions that led to the development of the tourism industry.Abstract:
This paper focuses on the conditions that gave rise to tourism as a tool of urban economic development. By the 1960s and 1970s, an emerging economy of recreation and tourism was gaining steam as ma...read more
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The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980–2000
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World tourism cities: developing tourism off the beaten track
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Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy
TL;DR: Michel Agier's Managing the Undesirables as discussed by the authors explores the concept of humanitarian government, the political apparatus set up during emergency situations that takes responsibility for the life and death of individuals no longer protected adequately by a state.
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The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy.
TL;DR: In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website as mentioned in this paper, in case of legitimate complaints the material will be removed.
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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier
TL;DR: A glossary of edge cities can be found in this article, where the authors examine how these Edge Cities are dramatically changing the way most of us live our lives, from the kinds of jobs Edge Cities generate to whether they will ever be good places to fall in love or hold a Fourth of July parade.
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Marketing Places: Attracting Investment, Industry, and Tourism to Cities, States, and Nations
TL;DR: Kotler as mentioned in this paper argues that thousands of "places" - cities, states, and nations - are in crisis, and can no longer rely on national industrial policies such as federal matching funds, as a promise of jobs and protection.
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Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment
Alan Altshuler,David E. Luberoff +1 more
TL;DR: Altshuler and Luberoff as discussed by the authors analyzed the politics of large-scale public investment in and around major American cities during the 1950s and 1960s, and the social upheavals they triggered, which derailed large numbers of projects during the late 1960s and early 1970s; and the political impulses that shaped a new generation of urban mega-projects in the decades since.