The city as an entertainment machine

• Other Authors: Clark, Terry N.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; Boston [Mass.] : Elsevier/JAI, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in urban policy ; v. 9.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Recreation > Social aspects.; Cities and towns > Growth.; Human geography.; Urban & municipal planning.; Social Science > Sociology > Urban.

People both live and work in cities. And where they choose to live shifts where and how they work. Amenities enter as enticements to bring new residents or tourists to a city. Amenities have thus become new public concerns for many cities in the US and much of Northern Europe. Old ways of thinking,...