Spirou, Costas <br/><br/>
Urban tourism and urban change :   Cities in a global economy / 
Costas Spirou. 
 - New York :  Simultaneously pub.,  2011. 
 - xxiii, 255 p.:  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> Offers both a sociological/cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world`s cities, as well as implications of these changes for urban management and planning sense, for success and failure in metropolitan change 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780-415-80163-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns<br/>City planning<br/>Sociology, Urban<br/>Tourism<br/>Economic development
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>307.1416 Sp48u