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Friday 27 January 2012

New book on Events and Urban Regeneration by TSE Academic Advisor

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Dr. Andrew Smith, TSE Academic Advisor and Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster, is the author of the new book called 'Events and Urban Regeneration: The Strategic Use of Events to Revitalise Cities'.

Events and Urban Regeneration is the first book dedicated to the use of events in regeneration. It explores the relationship between events and regeneration by analyzing a range of cities and a range of sporting and cultural events projects. It considers various theoretical perspectives to provide insight into why major events are important to contemporary cites. It examines the different ways that events can assist regeneration, as well as problems and issues associated with this unconventional form of public policy. It identifies key issues faced by those tasked with using events to assist regeneration and suggests how practices could be improved in the future.

The book adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective, drawing together ideas from the geography, urban planning and tourism literatures, as well as from the emerging events and regeneration fields. It illustrates arguments with a range of international case studies placed within and at the end of chapters to show positive outcomes that have been achieved and examples of high profile failures.

The book is available at Routledge: click here to see more information or to purchase the book
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