This chapter examines the development, implementation and evolution of Business
Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the United Kingdom. It sets out how to understand the …

Urban 'mega-events' like the Olympics are frequently used to spur tourism flows and pursue
urban development goals in the process. They are defined as events with 'dramatic …

Over the past 20 years, mega-events–such as the Olympic Games or the Football World Cup–
have become a global urban force. For many cities, hosting a mega-event propels …

This book is about transnational city twinning, a practice that dates back to classical
antiquity, when it was articulated in city-state military alliances, mythological beliefs, and …

This paper seeks to make a contribution to on-going debates about how to conceptualize the
“China model” by emphasizing the top-down regional coordination strategies of China in the …

In social sciences, events are researched typically as unplanned occurrences rather than as
the outcome or target of deliberate management activities. Even though a number of streams …

This chapter outlines the changing contexts for urban regeneration since the end of the
Second World War, with a particular focus on North West Europe. It highlights the different …

Megaprojects are vehicles of change and spatial products of policies from near and far. In
this paper, we demonstrate how insights from the policy mobility literature can contribute to a …

This chapter summarizes important aspects of tourism public policy research. It focuses on
research approaches and methodologies, and considers the limitations of policy analysis …

在全球化日益加剧背景下, 政策流动性已成为国际人文地理学的一个重要且前沿的话题,
引起了政治经济学, 后殖民主义和后结构主义学者的广泛关注, 并产生了丰富的理论与实证研究 …