Overview
- The book presents the role of festivals in relation to the urban spaces
- Provides the overview of the origins, history, and the main factors of festival development
- Presents the case study of the city of Lodz, Poland
- Provides a model for studying the role of festivals in the development of the city space
- Multidisciplinary work, intended for a wider audience
- Comprehensive and multifaceted publication, which covers both theoretical and practical issues regarding festival studies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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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 events: festivals. This book studies the origins, history, and the main factors of festival development, as well as the concept of a festival in the context of various scientific disciplines. It presents the existing festival typologies as well as the author's own comprehensive typology. The theoretical part concerns the basic research methods and approaches used in the analysis of these events, as well as their impacts on the urban space in the physical (festival facilities), social (a place where people may pursue their interests, meet with family and friends) and cultural aspect. The economic aspect of festivals (generating jobs and income from tourism, using festivals for city branding, etc.) is also discussed. The book presents practical examples in sub-chapters, references to literature (further reading) and the case study of the influence of festivals on urban space management and urban development, using the example of Łódź – a Polish post-socialist city. It may also be treated as a supplementary course book for students of urban geography, urban regions management, tourism, event management and, to a certain extent, anthropology of culture and sociology.
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Festivalisation of Urban Spaces
Book Subtitle: Factors, Processes and Effects
Authors: Waldemar Cudny
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31997-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31995-7Published: 14 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81173-4Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31997-1Published: 03 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 160
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Geography, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Public Administration, Sociology, general