Festivalisation of Urban Spaces Factors, Processes and Effects
This is a multi-disciplinary scientific monograph referring to urban geography, urban regions management, event studies, tourism geography, cultural anthropology and sociology. It covers issues which are typically related to the most popular type of event
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Waldemar Cudny
Festivalisation of Urban Spaces Factors, Processes and Effects
Springer Geography
The Springer Geography series seeks to publish a broad portfolio of scientific books, aiming at researchers, students, and everyone interested in geographical research. The series includes peer-reviewed monographs, edited volumes, textbooks, and conference proceedings. It covers the entire research area of geography including, but not limited to, Economic Geography, Physical Geography, Quantitative Geography, and Regional/Urban Planning.
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Waldemar Cudny
Festivalisation of Urban Spaces Factors, Processes and Effects
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Waldemar Cudny Lodz University Lodz Poland
ISSN 2194-315X Springer Geography ISBN 978-3-319-31995-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31997-1
ISSN 2194-3168
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-31997-1
(eBook)
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For my mother
Preface
The book is a multifaceted monograph on festivals and their role in shaping the multidimensional geographical urban space. It focuses on the issue of urban festivals, their types and impacts on urban space in the process of festivalisation. The intention was to create a book which will lead the reader all the way from the analysis of the basic concepts related to festivals and festivalisation, through the history of festivals and their development factors to the different impacts they have on space and the methods of studying festivals. The discussion is illustrated with numerous practical examples, including a detailed case study presented in one of the chapters. The book explores the problems of festivalisation for several reasons. Firstly, its author comes from Pola
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