Abstract This paper interprets Collingwood Ontario's negotiation of “leisurescape” in the
context of global economic and cultural forces centering on the production of rural places as …

Understanding is a key category of qualitative social science today. Insofar as the
traditionally defined delineation of causal mechanisms is replaced by interpretative analysis …

This article explores the intersection of cultural tourism, gentrification, and urban
development in the neoliberal period by examining the complex and ambivalent relationship …

The paper explores the active yet neglected role that local class struggle over land plays in
negotiating new forms of urbanity. Unfashionably shifting research focus from global elites …

What is the relationship between how cities work and what cities mean? Spatial Cultures:
Towards a New Social Morphology of Cities Past and Present announces an innovative …

Why do some US cities like Seattle and Boston impose social exactions and sustainability
targets on private investment while others like Las Vegas and Houston offer property tax and …

This paper focuses on the global presence in the local processes of place-making in a rural
area in Sweden. As a result of increased competition–fueled by a reorganization of global …

This chapter discusses the prospects of place-making in a culturally enmeshed and polyglot
world, as marginalized populations struggle to build community and gain social and political …