Joseph L Scarpaci

Broschiertes Buch

Plazas and Barrios

Heritage Tourism and Globalization in the Latin American Centro Histórico

Beschreibung

In this eclectic and interdisciplinary study, Joseph Scarpaci documents changes in far-flung corners of the Latin American metropolis using a broad palette of tools: urban morphology profiles, an original land-use survey of 30,000 doorways in nine historic districts, numerous photographs, and a review of the political, economic, and globalizing forces at work in historic districts.

Autor

Joseph L. Scarpaci is a professor of geography at Virginia Tech University and co-author of Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis. He is the 2004 recipient of the Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, given in recognition for a corpus of important published work or other significant contribution towards Latin American geography. He is also the recipient of Virgina Tech's Al Sturm Award for Excellence in Faculty Research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arizona Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9780816526024
• ISBN-10: 0816526028
• Artikelnr.: 21786600