The city as an entertainment machine
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,...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; Boston [Mass.] :
Elsevier/JAI,
2004.
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. |
| Σειρά: | Research in urban policy ;
v. 9. |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction: Taking entertainment seriously ; Political theory of consumption ; Urban amenities: lakes, opera, and juice bars: do they drive development? / Terry Nichols Clark
- Globalization and the liminal: transgression, identity and the urban primitive / Lauren Langman and Katie Cangemi
- Consumers and cities: Edward L. Glaeser, Jed Kolko and Albert Saiz
- New political culture and local government in England / Anne Bartlett with Terry Nichols Clark and Dennis Merritt
- Technology and tolerance: the importance of diversity to high-technology growth / Richard Florida and Gary Gates
- Gays and urban development: how are they linked? / Terry Nichols Clark
- Amenities: recent economic studies / Alexei Zelenev
- International mayor / Terry Nichols Clark with Dennis Merritt and Lenka Siroky
- Starbucks, bicycle paths, and urban growth machines: emails among members of urban and community sections of American Sociological Association / compiled by Terry Nichols Clark
- Amenities drive urban growth: a new paradigm and policy linkages / Terry Nichols Clark ... [et al.].
