Place reinvention northern perspectives /

• Other Authors: Nyseth, Torill., Viken, Arvid.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
• Subjects: Place marketing > Case studies. > Scandinavia; Tourism > Case studies. > Scandinavia; TRAVEL.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Through an interdisciplinary range of case studies from across the Northern rim of Europe, this volume shows how place reinvention as a concept affects not only global cities but also marginal regions. Divided into three main sections: economic, symbolic and political, the book explores how these al...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Place Reinvention at the Northern Rim; 2 The Industrial Imperative and Second (hand) Modernity; 3 Place Reinvention by Real Changed Image: The Case of Kiruna's Spectacular Make-over; 4 Kirkenes
• A Town for Miners and Ministers; 5 Gendered Places: Cultural Economy and Gender in Processes of Place Reinvention; 6 Creating 'The Land of the Big Fish':A Study of Rural Tourism Innovation; 7 Constructing the Unique
• Communicating the Extreme Dynamics of Place Marketing; 8 City Marketing: The Role of the Citizens.