The global theme park industry [[electronic resource] /] / Salvador Anton Clavé

• Autore: Clavé Salvador Anton
• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.06/8
• Soggetto topico: Amusement parks - History
• Classificazione: 83.67
• Note generali: "Translated by Andrew Clarke"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-447) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The social origins of the theme park concept -- Development and categorisation -- Globalization of the theme park industry -- A profile of major theme park operators -- Theme parks and the commercialisation of leisure -- The urbanism of theme parks and spatial innovation -- The impact of theme parks -- The development of theme park destinations -- Factors influencing the development process -- Basic principles of theme park planning -- The architectonical design of a theme park -- Management strategies.
• Sommario/riassunto: From the first pleasure gardens to the global theme park companies, this book provides an understanding of the nature and function of theme parks as spaces of entertainment. It portrays the impacts of theme parks as global competitive actors, agents of global development and cultural symbols, in the context of their role in the developing economy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Global theme park industry
• ISBN: 1-280-95301-2; 9786610953011; 1-84593-210-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446342003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II