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The increasing national and global competition for residents, tourists and investors has caused small cities and towns to allocate more resources toward advertising in hopes of convincing the external audience to come see what makes their place special. Using the multi-step model for altering place image, the goal of this article is to analyze media strategies used by Texas’ small and remote cities...
The number of designated World Heritage Sites (WHS) has proliferated across the world over the last two decades. Often associated with relatively self-contained sites of historic or architectural importance and their immediate surroundings, an increasing number of urban WHS now extend to broader areas within cities. The urbanness of WHS presents a series of challenges related to the designation, assessment...
This study examined how the population shift in the United States between 1960 and 2006 affected the energy demand for heating and cooling. Three analyses were performed. The first analysis was based on climatological considerations only. The second analysis added the energy efficiencies of heating and cooling appliances. The final analysis included the efficiencies of power generating plants as well...
Culture permeates even the most imposing industrial building. Driven by global city making, city leaders see culture as a key to bolstering a new economy and to dealing with decayed urban sites. However, regional practices of creating creative strategies differ, as actors are not “dancing puppets” but actively pursue their vested interests. The Red Town project in Shanghai is one example that represents...
This article concerns the development of a methodology aimed at optimising the location and type of containers used for the collection of light packaging waste material in small cities. It focuses on a municipality of 50,000 inhabitants located in the Community of Madrid (Spain) which has seen the provision of better service, covering 97% of the population. It has led to an improvement in the quality...
Naples is the third city in Italy, the largest in the South. It is particularly interesting as example of the contradictions between a superb geographical location and a widespread condition of social and economic crisis. The problems of the city have different origins, recent or not. Currently the two main critical factors derive from the social and economic conditions of its wider metropolitan area...
The characteristics of the immediate locale greatly affect the ability of homeless people to adapt to life on the street and in shelters, with different types of places nurturing different circumstances for survival. Current conceptualizations of the place–survival nexus are too narrow, relying on small-scale, intensive studies of particular places that are known to sustain homeless survival while...
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