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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810704103321

Autore

Schmid Heiko

Titolo

Cities and fascination [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the surplus of meaning / / edited by Heiko Schmid, Wolf-Dietrich Sahr and John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2010

ISBN

1-317-16612-4

1-315-57207-9

1-317-16611-6

1-282-96342-2

9786612963421

1-4094-1854-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Re-materialising cultural geography

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmidHeiko

SahrWolf-Dietrich

UrryJohn

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Cities and towns

City and town life

Urbanization

City planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Revealing fascination : theoretical horizons -- pt. 2. Focusing fascination : crossing theoretical and empirical perspectives -- pt. 3. Implementing fascination : case studies -- pt. 4. Consequences of fascination : new horizons.

Sommario/riassunto

In the course of economic and cultural globalization, most large cities have been transformed via increasing commercialisation of urban space, and consequent intense processes of theming. Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book examines links