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A consensus map for Ladakh’s development as potential geotourism destination: key drivers Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Rimsha Khalid, Rajinder Kumar, Rupa Sinha, Kareem M.M. Selem, Mohsin Raza
Purpose Given the prevalence of protecting geoheritage tourism sites, Ladakh has enormous potential. However, Ladakh’s potential and developments in its growth as a geotourism destination have received scant consideration. As such, this paper aims to explore Ladakh’s key drivers as a potential geotourism destination through cognitive dissonance and protection motivation theories. Design/methodology/approach
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Big trouble in little places: understanding the complexities of place micro-brands Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Maria Fernandez de Osso Fuentes, Brendan James Keegan, Jenny Rowley, Esther Worboys
Purpose This paper aims to investigate place marketing and branding at the micro-place scale through the case study of St Christopher’s Place in London (UK). This study illustrates the distinctive differences of micro-place marketing, in comparison to city and country levels. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory case study was conducted through a sequential mixed methods approach involving direct
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Place and avoiding the race to the bottom of the fractured well Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2024-01-29 John Pearson
Purpose This paper aims to consider the potential implications of the layering of regulation in relation to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at the borders between the nations of the UK. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a qualitative research method grounded in particular in legal geography to examine the existing approaches to regulating hydraulic fracturing and identify the places and their
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Cultural heritage beyond juridification: towards a place-first research agenda Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Evgenia Kanellopoulou, Aggelos Panayiotopoulos, Savvas Alexandros Pavlidis
Purpose This paper aims to propose a research agenda towards a holistic, grounded and flexible approach to cultural heritage that can address social challenges and transformations in the context of place. It critiques the dominant/hegemonic cultural heritage narratives, deriving from juridification and calls for a grounded approach in the way cultural heritage is framed and experienced. Design/methodology/approach
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Bracing community in rural coworking: emerging trends and categories Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-12-21 José Ignacio Sánchez-Vergara, Marko Orel, Valeria Ferreira, Andrej Rus
Purpose The objective of this study is to explore the concept of rural coworking in the scientific literature and examine how it generates community narratives based on the value of space and business practices. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of rural coworking as a driver of participation and relationships among diverse stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach To identify and
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Place attributes and company names: an empirical and conceptual study into public branding and business strategies Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Narcís Bassols i Gardella, Christian Acevedo, Catalina Orjuela Martínez
Purpose This research finds out to what extent companies’ names are influenced by the place’s attributes versus the official branding policies of a place and, consequently, whether and how local companies “buy into” the place’s strategies put forth by official bodies. Design/methodology/approach This paper is both conceptual and empirical, as a mixed quantitative and interpretive approach is used.
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Developing green urban mobility policies for sustainable public transportation in local communities: a Norwegian perspective Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Bokolo Anthony Jnr.
Purpose The concept of green urban mobility has emerged as one of the best approaches for promoting environmental-friendly transportation in local communities. Green urban mobility aims to reshape public transportation system and enhance mobility, with emphasis on deploying digital technologies to promote sustainable public transportation. Therefore, this study aims to analyze existing public transportation
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Brand-driven identity development of places: application, evaluation and improvement suggestions of the BIDP-framework Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Davide Maffei
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the suitability of Botschen et al.’s (2017) Brand-driven Identity Development of Places (BIDP) framework to support places in developing their brand-driven identity and offering sustainable tourism models. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies design science research (DSR) to evaluate the BIDP-framework. A qualitative methodology is used, bringing
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Development of a cross-border regional brand management model: an analysis of its applicability in the Brazil–Argentina and Italy–Austria bordering localities Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Caroline Krüger, Marina Lourenção, Fábio Henrique Correa Bogado Guimarães, Marco Meneguzzo, Claudia Souza Passador, Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana
Purpose This paper aims to develop a cross-border regional brand management model to help enhance cooperation for developing such localities. It analyzed its applicability in the Brazil–Argentina and Italy–Austria cross-border regions comprising several cities. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted to obtain a theoretical basis and select elements for creating the
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Aesthetic atmospheres and their affordances in urban squares Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Minna Eronen
Purpose This study aims to explore aesthetic atmospheres and their affordances in urban squares to advance knowledge on the research and design of attractive living environments. Design/methodology/approach Descriptions of pleasant and unpleasant experiences of urban squares were collected using qualitative questionnaires with open-ended questions. The theoretical framework and the lens of aesthetic
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Benchmarking urban competitiveness for economic recovery: an application to Porto and Lisbon Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Sabrina Sgambati, Luís Carvalho
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the competitive potential of different classes of municipalities within larger metropolitan areas, considering three dimensions of place competitiveness, associated to contemporary economic recovery agendas: the “dual transition” (green and digital) and socio-economic resilience. Design/methodology/approach The proposed methodology is divided in two stages, the
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Leveraging social capital to catalyse post-pandemic anti-fragility: the “Vilnius model” Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Giannina Warren, Simona Grigaliūnaitė
Purpose This paper aims to delve into the interdependent connection between place branding and social capital, specifically focusing on how it contributes to uniting a city’s recovery efforts during times of crisis. By using the theoretical frameworks of social capital and cultural intermediation, the case study of Vilnius, Lithuania, exemplifies how cities can navigate through turbulent periods by
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All things must pass? Introduction to the special issue on post-Covid place marketing Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Gary Warnaby, Dominic Medway, John Byrom
Purpose The purpose of this introductory paper is to outline the theme of – and introduces the papers comprising – this special issue on post-Covid place marketing. Design/methodology/approach A brief literature review outlines some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on places and also for place-bound and spatially oriented industry sectors (particularly retailing and tourism and hospitality,
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The Double Jeopardy in high street footfall Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Charles Graham, Grace O'Rourke, Kamran Muhammad Khan
Purpose Calls for empirical and theory-based outcome measures in the place marketing literature are made more pressing as policymakers manage post-COVID high street recovery. This study aims to evaluate how knowledge of repeat buying established in the consumer marketing domain might be adapted to benchmark place marketing effectiveness, applying the Law of Double Jeopardy to capture the predictable
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Place branding in the eyes of the place stakeholders – paradoxes in the perceptions of the meaning and scope of place branding Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Lisa Källström, Per Siljeklint
Purpose Although the place stakeholders play a key role in participatory place branding, surprisingly little interest has been shown in the people involved in participatory place branding initiatives. The purpose of this study is to explore place stakeholders’ perceptions of the meaning and scope of place branding. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on two cases of participatory place
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The place of charity shops post Covid-19 Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Neil Robinson, Nicholas Catahan, Crispin Dale, Chris Doran
Purpose Charity shops have met a number of challenges in light of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper aims to explore the economic and social impact of charity shops and reviews the transformative impact they have on place, the experience of place and the social environment. Design/methodology/approach The paper conducts a review of the extant literature in the field of charity shop retail
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Assessing place experiences in Luton and Darlington on Twitter with topic modelling and AI-generated lexicons Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Viriya Taecharungroj, Ioana S. Stoica
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the in situ place experiences of people in Luton and Darlington. Design/methodology/approach The study used 109,998 geotagged tweets from Luton and Darlington between 2020 and 2022 and conducted topic modelling using latent Dirichlet allocation. Lexicons were created using GPT-4 to evaluate the eight dimensions of place experience for each
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COVID-19 and the participatory place branding impasse: a study of actor agency Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Laura Reynolds
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participatory place branding processes and, in particular, on multiple actors’ ability to build agency. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth qualitative inquiry of place branding processes in Cardiff (UK) was undertaken during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured (online) interviews with 28 city representatives
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Rural space and the local food landscape: consumers’ construction of food localness through the politics of belonging Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Alessandro Graciotti, Morven G. McEachern
Purpose This study aims to investigate consumers’ construction of food localness through the politics of belonging in a regional context. Design/methodology/approach Following a socio-spatial lens and considering the “realm of meaning” of place, this research focusses on local consumers’ lived meanings of “local” food choice, and hence adopts a phenomenological approach to the data collection and analysis
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Towards an experiential identity of place: the case of Manchester’s Craft and Design Centre Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Alexandros Skandalis
Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore the role and potential of lived experiences in informing and shaping the formation of place identity within the sphere of the production and consumption of craft objects. Design/methodology/approach This paper is part of a larger funded research project and focuses on Manchester’s Craft and Design Centre. It draws upon a series of in-depth interviews conducted
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Residents and the place branding process: socio-spatial construction of a locked-down city’s brand identity Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Songming Feng, Adele Berndt, Mart Ots
Purpose Building on Kavaratzis and Hatch’s (2013) identity-based place branding model, this paper aims to explore the spatial and social dimensions of the place brand identity formation process and how residents used social media to participate in the process of shaping a city brand during a crisis. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an interpretive and social constructionist approach, this study
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The place where only gays go: constructions of queer space in the narratives of sexually diverse refugees Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Alex Powell
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of how gay and lesbian spaces are constructed and deployed within the context of asylum claims by sexually diverse people. Through doing this, the author details the ways in which the present deployment of place, as a form of evidence for a relatively fixed conception of sexual difference, does not correspond to the self-conceptions of
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Carving a place for UK business improvement districts through COVID: exploring industry responses and practices during the pandemic Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Natalie Raben, Nikos Ntounis
Purpose This study aims to explore UK Business Improvement Districts' (BIDs) responses and practices to the COVID crisis and evaluates how these influenced their organisational identity. The paper aims to highlight the possible shift in BIDs' operations that can lead to their positioning as integral facilitators of place management initiatives in their local areas. Design/methodology/approach The authors
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From the margins of law to the margins of the city; a legal-geographical analysis of sex work regulationism in Greece Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Athena Michalakea
Purpose This paper aims to shed light on the spatial constraints of sex work in Greece. The objective is twofold: to illustrate the intertemporal stance of the Greek state to push sex work at the edge of both the city and the law produces sex workers as always already marginal subjects and to identify how a spatial-based understanding of sex work could help in acknowledging sex workers’ full community
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Community-led heritage conservation in processes of rural regeneration Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Harvey C. Perkins, Michael Mackay, Jude Wilson
Purpose The authors report a study of heritage conservation linked to rural small-town regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand. The purpose of this study is to answer the question: how, with limited local resources, do the residents and administrators of small settlements conserve historic heritage in the processes of rural regeneration? Design/methodology/approach This research is based on an analysis
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Rural place branding processes: actor engagement in service ecosystems Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Barbora Gulisova, Chris Horbel, Egon Bjørnshave Noe
Purpose The place branding process in cities and tourism destinations is usually steered by a central organization but in rural places, a focal actor often does not exist. The purpose of this paper is to identify which approaches to place branding processes are applied in different rural places. This is done by seeing the place branding process as a service ecosystem with focus on actor engagement
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Re-routing development in peripheral regions: exploiting anchor institution networks for micro/SME enterprise growth and innovation Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Carolyn Downs, Mike Ryder, T. Bartosz Kalinowski
Purpose This study aims to explore the socio-cultural barriers to enterprise in economically disadvantaged communities across five countries: UK, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. Design/methodology/approach This study’s EU-funded project took the form of community-based participatory action research. This study focusses on the data from the interviews and network mapping exercises. A total of
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Influence of social and spatial embeddedness on rural entrepreneurship in the Amazon: a study with a Brazilian tribe' enterprising Indians Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Victor Silva Corrêa, Ana Paula Pricila Costa Abreu, Mauro Vivaldini, Marina de Almeida Cruz
Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of social and spatial embeddedness on indigenous rural entrepreneurship in Amazon/Brazil. Rural entrepreneurship has increased in recent years. Some studies have focused on the relevance of spatial embeddedness in understanding this phenomenon, whereas others have highlighted the importance of social embeddedness. Although some scholars have associated
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Expanding the legal common good via sustainable urban mobility Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Carlos J.L. Balsas
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the 2015 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Cycling Championship in Richmond, Virginia. Design/methodology/approach An array of eclectic methods included in situ witness observations of several of the races, 21 semi-structured random interviews and multiple discussions with elements of UCI, the city of Richmond’s planners, residents and business
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Behavioural intentions through virtual reality from a destination image perspective Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Filipa Jorge, Nieves Losada, Mário-Sérgio Teixeira
Purpose This study aims to investigate potential tourists’ behaviour regarding visiting and recommending a destination based on an image derived from a virtual reality (VR) model, including motivations for travel and place attachment. Design/methodology/approach The study had two phases and used both qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches. The qualitative approach consisted of a focus
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Local and sustainable production as vectors of an agrarian branding strategy in Catalonia: case study of the Baixa Tordera Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Jordi de San Eugenio Vela, Xavier Ginesta Portet, Marc Compte-Pujol, Joan Frigola-Reig, Cristina Fernández-Rovira
Purpose This paper aims to analyse the implications in terms of economic promotion and local development that ensue from the implementation of a strategy of agrarian branding in five municipalities in the Baixa Tordera region (Catalonia, Spain). Design/methodology/approach The research follows a case study logic. First, five focus groups were designed and distributed by sectors of activity. Second
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“Flix rhymes with sh*t”. Exploring the potential for place stigmatization of media coverage of a declining industrial village in rural Spain Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Bernat López, Lina Casadó-Marín
Purpose This study aims to analyze and assess 21 years of media coverage (2000–2020) of Flix, a small industrial village located in an rural area on north-eastern Spain, which has endured in these years a severe environmental and industrial crisis, with a strong potential for stigmatization of the place. Design/methodology/approach The research is conceptualized under the Social Amplification of Risk
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City branding in a multi-level governance context: comparing branding performance across five institutional models for urban development in Saudi Arabia Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Abdulrhman Alsayel, Jan Fransen, Martin de Jong
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how five different multi-level governance (MLG) models affect place branding (PB) performance in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach In hierarchical administrative systems, central governments exert control on PB, influencing its effectiveness. While PB as such is widely studied, the effect of MLG on PB performance in centralized administrative
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Smarter city, less just destination? Mobilities and social gaps in Barcelona Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Fiammetta Brandajs, Antonio Paolo Russo
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a critical framework to analyse how “smart” plays out in tourism places. Moving from a recognition of the strategies, expected impacts and imageries of Smart City, the authors engage with the mobilities literature to identify pitfalls in the quest of “smartening up” cities for hypermobile populations. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a
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The relationship between creative developments and place: a position paper Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Sepideh Afsari Bajestani, Polly Stupples, Rebecca Kiddle
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and clarify the relationship between creative developments and the concepts of place and placemaking. Design/methodology/approach This paper systematically reviews scholarly literature on the relationship between creative developments and the concepts of place, and critically analyzes the extent to which creative developments acknowledge different aspects
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How can innovation district performance be assessed? Insights from South East Queensland, Australia Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Rosemary Sokalamis Adu McVie, Tan Yigitcanlar, Isil Erol, Bo Xia
Purpose Many cities across the world are actively investing in ways to excel in the innovation economy through the development of innovation districts as one of the most popular policy options. While innovation districts are among the leading drivers of innovation activities in cities, they are also high-cost and high-risk investments. Besides, holistic approaches for assessing these districts’ multifaceted
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The consistency of projected online destination images: comparing the official websites and Instagram accounts of main destinations in Southeast Asia Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Imam Syafganti, Sari Ramadanty, Michel Walrave
Purpose In the context of integrated promotion, it is essential to promote destination images consistently across multiple digital channels. This study aims to examine the consistency of online destination images projected through the official tourism websites and the Instagram accounts of five main destinations in Southeast Asia. Design/methodology/approach Previous studies have used correspondence
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Reviewing the role of cultural and creative industries in developing an urban cultural policy platform in Rasht city, Iran Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Maryam Pourzakarya, Somayeh Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi
Purpose In spite of controversies in academia, various nations around the world have been propounding the importance of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as the driving force in economic growth and development strategies. Accordingly, this research aims to understand how these industries could contribute to forming a cultural and creative policy scheme in an urban context that is structured based
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Amenity mix of innovation districts Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Viriya Taecharungroj, Steve Millington
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast amenity mixes of innovation districts worldwide and to identify the types of amenities in the districts. Design/methodology/approach Urban amenity data were collected from Google Maps as 31,236 points of interest (POIs) in 24 innovation districts. The data were compared and categorised based on the density and diversity of amenity mixes using
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Gender and placemaking: talking to women about clean air and sustainable urban environments in changing cities Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Maria Loroño-Leturiondo, Sam Illingworth
Purpose This purpose of this study is to explore the voices of women in conceptualizing a city with clean air, and how this relates to urban structural changes being made more environmentally and socially sustainable. Design/methodology/approach A growing body of research suggests that gender is central to placemaking, and in dealing with environmental sustainability, fear of crime, longer life expectancy
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Towards ecological place management in UK housing associations: organising tomorrow’s places Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-11 James Scott Vandeventer, Javier Lloveras, Gary Warnaby
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise how place management practices in UK housing associations (HAs) involve processes of ecological place management. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic fieldwork focusing on how communal spaces are organised on a housing estate in a UK city revealed the importance of negotiation with other actors, including an HA which is responsible for managing
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Rescripting Riyadh: how the capital of Saudi Arabia employs urban megaprojects as catalysts to enhance the quality of life within the city’s neighborhoods Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Anna Klingmann
Purpose This study aims to investigate whether the correlation between Saudi Arabia’s social and economic reforms, urban megaprojects and sustainable urbanism can lead to an increased quality of life (QoL) in the capital, create a comprehensive lifestyle setup for Riyadh’s residents while also aiming to attract foreign investment. Design/methodology/approach This research examines five government-sponsored
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Façades as product wrap: a typology to identify the consumers affected by product design Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Muhammad Aljukhadar
Purpose The elevation of a residential building, or façade, affords aesthetic and functional value to tenants. Façades embody the design of the core product, i.e. the building’s unit. When carefully executed, they contribute to the attractiveness, livability and sustainability of urban areas. The purpose of this study is to show how façades influence consumer decision, and to identify the consumers
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The permanency of temporality: how grassroots festivals in Indonesia create places in informal settlements Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Poeti Nazura Gulfira Akbar, Alexander Jachnow
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of place-making on the quality of place through community-organised art festivals, with two case studies in urban informal settlements or kampungs in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Findings presented here are based on data collected and 39 in-depth interviews conducted in 2017 in two kampungs, namely, Kampung Dago Pojok, Bandung and Kampung
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Sustainable city branding narratives: a critical appraisal of processes and outcomes Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-07 Laura Ripoll Gonzalez, Fred Gale
Purpose This study aims to explore whether adopting a sustainability narrative in city branding and urban development strategies results in more inclusive governance arrangements (process) and a more pluralistic approach to generating sustainability value (outcome), in line with the triple bottom line approach advocated by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The authors argue
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Giving and taking ownership of a destination brand: mechanisms of stakeholder engagement Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-06 Alberte Tøttenborg, Can-Seng Ooi, Anne Hardy
Purpose This paper aims to explore the complexities of engaging with local stakeholders in destination branding. As the main creators and drivers of the destination brand, many brand authorities metaphorically “give ownership” of the brand to local stakeholders, for them to “take ownership” of it. This paper examines the inherent challenges of this process. In the Tasmanian destination branding process
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Enacting safe places – a study of (im)balancing acts in everyday city centre management Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Cecilia Cassinger, Ola Thufvesson
Purpose The aim of this study is to outline a practice approach towards safety in public places whereby safety and place is understood as simultaneously produced in everyday work practice. Hence, the focus is shifted from place safety as a manageable asset to safe places as ongoing accomplishments. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on practices of enacting safe places on the municipal
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What if the local community is already well-off enough? Stakeholders’ conflicts over sustainable tourism development in remote communities Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Islam Elgammal
Purpose This study aims to explore community involvement in sustainable tourism development (STD) at Siwa Oasis, Egypt, and examines the perspectives of local communities, visitors and governmental decision makers concerning the area’s STD plans. It provides a brief discussion on the stakeholders’ conflict of interest alongside exploring the costs and benefits of STDs for the community. This study
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Coronavirus’ exposure of food, place and community resilience: a Welsh local authority perspective Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Rebecca Jones, Eifiona Thomas Lane, Luke Prosser
Purpose Coronavirus has accentuated the cracks within the fragile UK food system. Empty shelves and empty stomachs, the damaging consequences of coronavirus have led to an unprecedented increase in food insecurity and food access. The purpose of this paper is to provide in-depth insight into varied and innovative rural localised responses to food access during the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach
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Historical and conceptual perspectives on urban regeneration: a prolog to a special issue Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-12-30 Carlos J.L. Balsas
Purpose This paper aims to review multiple historical perspectives on urban regeneration interventions while also serving as a prologue to and the rationale for a Special Issue of the Journal of Place Management and Development (JPMD) on Placemaking and Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Japan. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the literature on city center regeneration, with particular
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Place branding in a bottle: management strategies for unplanned messages Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Maria Briana
Purpose This paper explores an important yet overlooked concept in place branding literature, unplanned messages. Focusing on unplanned messages, this study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the concept of spontaneous order in place branding and how to manage the unplanned communication process so as to ensure a high reputational status for a place. Design/methodology/approach This paper
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The territorial segmentation of coastal tourism areas Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2022-01-05 Moisés Simancas Cruz, María Pilar Peñarrubia Zaragoza, Raúl Hernández-Martín, Yurena Rodríguez Rodríguez
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the potential benefits of identifying homogeneous territorial units of the urban-tourism space at a local scale. Design/methodology/approach The territory is an essential variable for designing tourist activities adapted to the characteristics of each urban-tourism space. However, your consideration presents a series of problems, including the lack of
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Role of place satisfaction and residents’ ambassadorship behaviours (RAB) on place attachment to city and neighbourhood Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan, Saalem Sadeque, Md. Ashikuzzaman
Purpose This study aims to investigate how place satisfaction (SAT) and residents’ ambassadorship behaviour (RAB) are related to residents’ place attachment (PAtt). In addition, this relationship is examined at the city and the neighbourhood levels. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a questionnaire survey of 1,160 residents from Khulna city in Bangladesh. This research model is tested
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Does entrepreneur perception of the city’s decline matter to place attachment? Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-12-14 James M. Wilkerson, Frank M. Sorokach, Marwan A. Wafa
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the association between local entrepreneurs’ perception of the city’s decline and their place attachment (measured in terms of commitment to the declining city and sense of how the declining city compares to other cities). Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed entrepreneurs in a relatively small sample (N = 105) from a declining city of about
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Finding sustainable mobility solutions for shrinking cities: the case of Toyama and Kanazawa Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-11-15 Osman Balaban, Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira
Purpose Shrinking population can have significant negative impacts on the social and economic fabric of a city. This paper aims to understand different urban transportation policies to respond to population decline in shrinking cities by examining two case studies of urban interventions in mid-size cities in Japan. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes the implementation of sustainable mobility
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Urban regeneration strategies and place development in contemporary Tokyo: the case of Shibuya Station area Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Marco Reggiani
Purpose This paper aims to shed light on current initiatives of urban regeneration around the Shibuya Station area within the context of contemporary Tokyo’s place development strategies. The objectives are twofold: to illustrate the characteristics of the plans and the planning approaches framing the interventions; and to identify the strategies employed to reshape the cityscape. Design/methodology/approach
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Street-level bureaucrats: tensions and challenges in online placemaking Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-10-14 Pieter Breek, Jasper Eshuis, Joke Hermes
Purpose Social media have become a key part of placemaking. Placemaking revolves around collaboration between multiple stakeholders, which requires ongoing two-way communication between local government and citizens. Although social media offer promising tools for local governments and public professionals in placemaking, they have not lived up to their potential. This paper aims to uncover the tensions
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Retaining social and cultural sustainability in the Hudson river watershed of New York, USA, a place-based participatory action research study Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Carlos J.L. Balsas
Purpose Societal problems have impacted the northeast of the USA for various generations. This paper aims to analyse various sustainability aspects in the Hudson River watershed of New York by highlighting a temporal progression from environmental sustainability at the watershed level in the 1970s to growing concerns with more localized cross-border social and cultural sustainability in recent decades
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Tokyo, Japan – urbanistic hybridity in a networked metropolis Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-10-11 João Rafael Santos
Purpose This paper aims to identify relevant innovations in Tokyo’s spatial articulation of infrastructure, building and public space, intertwining large-scale networks with local scale urban fabrics, to inform urban management towards sustainable urban transitions. Design/methodology/approach The research used a methodological combination of literature review, relevant case identification and analysis
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A place to work: examining workplace location attributes that appeal to generation Y and Z talent Journal of Place Management and Development Pub Date : 2021-09-08 Wasuthon Wisuchat, Viriya Taecharungroj
Purpose This paper aims to identify and to compare workplace location attributes that appealed to Generation Y and Z talent. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 participants to identify workplace location attributes. Choice-based conjoint surveys were collected from 750 Generation Y and Z individuals in the talent pool of Bangkok, Thailand to compare the importance