Leisure And Urban Processes

Author : Peter Bramham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351691503
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leisure and Urban Processes written by Peter Bramham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. Focusing on leisure and policy in West European cities, this interdisciplinary study is written by leading policy analysts and academics from six European Community states: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The emergence of leisure as a significant area of public policy in both developed and developing economies has been recognised only relatively recently, and this book was the first to deal with urban leisure policy in a European context. Common themes in this study include the use of tourism as a strategic tool for the economic regeneration of cities, leisure as a vehicle of community development and of social integration, and the role of leisure in the development of socialist municipal policy programmes. This book should be of interest to policy makers in local government, lecturers and students of development, tourism, economics, and urban studies.

Author : Peter Bramham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351691511
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leisure and Urban Processes written by Peter Bramham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. Focusing on leisure and policy in West European cities, this interdisciplinary study is written by leading policy analysts and academics from six European Community states: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The emergence of leisure as a significant area of public policy in both developed and developing economies has been recognised only relatively recently, and this book was the first to deal with urban leisure policy in a European context. Common themes in this study include the use of tourism as a strategic tool for the economic regeneration of cities, leisure as a vehicle of community development and of social integration, and the role of leisure in the development of socialist municipal policy programmes. This book should be of interest to policy makers in local government, lecturers and students of development, tourism, economics, and urban studies.

Author : Chris Gratton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113454443X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport in the City written by Chris Gratton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the significance of sport in economic, cultural and political terms. It discusses the theory and practice of sports related policy for urban development.

Author : Stephen Wagg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317051041
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City written by Stephen Wagg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread concept of the 'postmodern city' is frequently linked to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and a corresponding wane of white working-class culture. In place of these appear flexible working practices, a diversified workforce, and a greater emphasis on consumption, leisure, and tourism. Illustrated by an interdisciplinary study of Leeds, a typical postmodern city, this volume examines how such cities have reinvented themselves - commercially, politically and spatially - over the past two decades. The work addresses issues like cultural policy, city-centre development, sport, leisure and identity, and explores different urban processes in relation to changing configuration of class, gender and ethnicity in the postmodern city.

Author : Cara Carmichael Aitchison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135135932
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Leisure written by Cara Carmichael Aitchison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly contested nature of both 'gender' and 'leisure' encapsulates many of the most critical social and cultural debates of the early twenty-first century. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical perspectives, as well as extensive empirical research, Gender and Leisure goes forward to offer a contemporary socio-cultural analysis of gender relations in leisure practice and leisure policy. The book begins by introducing and evaluating the key social and cultural ideologies, philosophies and beliefs that have informed our theoretical understanding of gender and leisure. The particular leisure policies that have emerged from these perspectives are examined. Part two of Gender and Leisure draws on research in social and cultural theory, gender and leisure studies, cultural geography, management and education, and goes on to explore the reality of contemporary gender relations in leisure practice. Leisure policy, leisure management, places and sites of leisure and leisure education are examined, as are the relationships between leisure, sport and tourism.

Author : Jeffrey Hou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136988025
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insurgent Public Space written by Jeffrey Hou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the EDRA book prize for 2012. In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of how urban areas are defined and used, and how they can transform the city environment. No longer confined to traditional public areas like neighbourhood parks and public plazas, these guerrilla spaces express the alternative social and spatial relationships in our changing cities. With nearly twenty illustrated case studies, this volume shows how instances of insurgent public space occur across the world. Examples range from community gardening in Seattle and Los Angeles, street dancing in Beijing, to the transformation of parking spaces into temporary parks in San Francisco. Drawing on the experiences and knowledge of individuals extensively engaged in the actual implementation of these spaces, Insurgent Public Space is a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the study of public space use, and how it is utilized in the contemporary, urban world. Appealing to professionals and students in both urban studies and more social courses, Hou has brought together valuable commentaries on an area of urbanism which has, up until now, been largely ignored.

Author : Catherine Palmer
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446271668
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Sports Policy written by Catherine Palmer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lifts the analysis out of the nuts and bolts of sports policy and into some really thought-provoking areas which will equip the policy maker for the challenges of the 21st century" - Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University "This is an excellent analysis of the significance of globalisation for national sport policy and especially of the impact of global processes at the local socio-cultural level" - Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough University Drawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer situates sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences, exploring the relationship between: the local and the global globalization and governance new technologies human rights the environment corporate responsibility. In doing so she sets out the ground for an understanding of policy making in sport and how this affects society. Covering both theory and practice, it is a detailed and thought provoking resource for students of sports policy, sports development, sports management and sports studies.

Author : Michael Hough
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415298551
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cities and Natural Process written by Michael Hough and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and revised discussion of the fundamental conflict in the perception of nature and an expression of the essential need for an environmental view when approaching urban design.

Author : C. Michael Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135041571
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Tourism and Recreation written by C. Michael Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial context, tourism and recreation in relation to leisure time, offering insight into the demand, supply, planning, destination management and impacts of tourism and recreation. Whilst retaining its accessible style and approach this edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent developments and new concepts from geography which are beginning to permeate the tourism and recreational field. New features include: Content on the most recent developments, climate change, sustainability, mobilities and crisis management in time and space as well as trends such as low cost airlines and the control of land transport by transnational operators in the EU such as Arriva. More attention to management issues such as innovation and the spatial consequences for tourism and leisure development. New case studies and examples to showcase real life issues, from both developed and developing countries, especially the US, China and South Africa. Completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new, user- friendly features: case studies, insights, summary points and learning objectives. Written by leading academics, this is essential reading for all tourism, geography, leisure and recreation students.

Author : Seymour M. Gold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Recreation Planning written by Seymour M. Gold and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: