The relation between spaces of dependence and spaces of engagement is a contingent
matter. In the case of the community builders the Federal Housing Administration clearly had …

Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the
central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries. With …

Providing a robust conceptual framework, urban regime theory has-despite its cited
shortcomings-gained a dominant position in the literature on local politics, in addition to its …

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 2 Page 1 Chapter 3 ‘Glocalising’ urban landscapes
Athens and the 2004 Olympics Elias Beriatos and Aspa Gospodini This chapter deals with …

The author sets out to interrogate the manner in which cultural festivals have been theorised
in the context of accounts of the role of civic boosterism—or what he terms 'Urban …

In the United States the concept of an urban growth machine is a familiar one, with a history
going back at least to the competitive urbanization-of the Frontier during the nineteenth …

This paper examines the offshore financial center (OFC) of the Cayman Islands in the
Caribbean as part of an attempt, on the one hand, to map emerging geographies associated …

This paper draws together two dominant themes in urban geography, cities as spectacle and
social polarization. Urban spectacle is provided by Sydney's preparations to host the 2000 …

In this paper we introduce the concept of 'islands of sustainability'. The basic assumption is
that the development towards sustainability can be introduced starting from sustainable …

Abstract Written 40 years ago, Harvey Molotch's paper 'City as a Growth Machine', is a
milestone in urban studies. By its focus on land owners and land related interests and their …