Cities and Visitors: Regulating People, Markets, and City Space

The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism. Provides a unifying analytic framework for the study of urban tourism. Brings urban tourism into focus as an important political, economic and cultural phenomenon. Presents original essays written by established scholars, including studies of Venice, Mexico, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, and Australia's Gold Coast. Content: Chapter 1 Visitors and the Spatial Ecology of the City (pages 23–38): Dennis R. JuddChapter 2 Cities, Security, and Visitors: Managing Mega?Events in France (pages 39–52): Sophie Body?GendrotChapter 3 Sociological Theories of Tourism and Regulation Theory (pages 53–71): Nicolo Costa and Guido MartinottiChapter 4 Amsterdam: It's All in the Mix (pages 75–90): Pieter Terhorst, Jacques van de Ven and Leon DebenChapter 5 Revalorizing the Inner City: Tourism and Regulation in Harlem (pages 91–112): Lily M. HoffmanChapter 6 Barcelona: Governing Coalitions, Visitors and the Changing City Center (pages 113–125): Mariso Garcia and Nuria ClaverChapter 7 The Evolution of Australian Tourism Urbanization (pages 126–142): Patrick MullinsChapter 8 Regulating Hospitality: Tourism Workers in New York and Los Angeles (pages 145–166): David L. Gladstone and Susan. S FainsteinChapter 9 Shaping the Tourism Labor Market in Montreal (pages 167–184): Marc V. LevineChapter 10 Mexico: Tensions in the Fordist Model of Tourism Development (pages 187–199): Daniel Hiernaux?NicolasChapter 11 The New Berlin: Marketing the City of Dreams (pages 200–218): Hartmut Haussermann and Claire ColombChapter 12 Museums as Flagships of Urban Development (pages 219–236): Chris Hamnett and Noam ShovalChapter 13 Making Theoretical Sense of Tourism (pages 239–253): Susan S. Fainstein, Lily M. Hoffman and Dennis R. Judd