Andrew Smith

Events in the City (eBook, ePUB)

Using public spaces as event venues

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the commonly expressed notion that 'the city is a stage'. Public spaces in our cities are increasingly being used as venues for major events.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317656340
• Artikelnr.: 46757867

Autorenporträt

Andrew Smith is a Reader in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster. Andrew is an urban geographer who specialises in tourism and events research. His first book Events and Urban Regeneration was published by Routledge in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Urban public space 3. The
urbanisation of events 4. Eventalisation: events and the production of
urban public space 5. Eventification: events and the denigration of urban
public space
6. Using public spaces as events venues: Greenwich Park becomes an Olympic
Park 7. Enclosing open space: event legacies in the Royal Borough of
Greenwich 8. Regulation and resistance 9. Conclusions References