Costas SpirouUrban Tourism and Urban Change
Cities in a Global Economy
Costas Spirou is Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at National-Louis University in Chicago and a visiting fellow at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include culture policy, urban redevelopment, tourism, and sports in society. He is co-author of It's Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods and the New Chicago, a book about politics and community development, and author of St. Charles: Culture and Leisure in an All-American Town.
1. Changing Cities and the Commodification of Leisure 2. Globalization,
Urban Competition, and Tourism 3. Tourism Policies and Urban Growth 4. The
Infrastructure and Finance of Urban Tourism 5. Urban Tourism, Amenities and
Human Capital 6. Residential Development and the New Face of Downtowns 7.
Implications and Debates
