01282nam a2200277Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500840005810000190014226000440016130000190020530000110022450000190023502000210025465000210027565000180029665000210031465000120033565000250034705000190037254600120039150503260040352002400072933600090096933700150097833800110099320260803094100.0251212s2011    xx            000 0 und d1 aUrban tourism and urban change : bCities in a global economy /cCostas Spirou.  aSpirou, Costas  aNew York :bSimultaneously pub.,c2011.  axxiii, 255 p.:  c23 cm.  aIncludes index  a9780-415-80163-8  aCities and towns  aCity planning  aSociology, Urban  aTourism  aEconomic development  a307.1416 Sp48u  aEnglish  a1. 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  aOffers 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  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume