Journal of Place Management and Development: Volume 16 Issue 2

Reviewing the role of cultural and creative industries in developing an urban cultural policy platform in Rasht city, Iran

Maryam Pourzakarya, Somayeh Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi

In spite of controversies in academia, various nations around the world have been propounding the importance of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as the driving force in…

The consistency of projected online destination images: comparing the official websites and Instagram accounts of main destinations in Southeast Asia

Imam Syafganti, Sari Ramadanty, Michel Walrave

In the context of integrated promotion, it is essential to promote destination images consistently across multiple digital channels. This study aims to examine the consistency of…

How can innovation district performance be assessed? Insights from South East Queensland, Australia

Rosemary Sokalamis Adu McVie, Tan Yigitcanlar, Isil Erol, Bo Xia

Many cities across the world are actively investing in ways to excel in the innovation economy through the development of innovation districts as one of the most popular policy…

The relationship between creative developments and place: a position paper

Sepideh Afsari Bajestani, Polly Stupples, Rebecca Kiddle

The purpose of this paper is to explore and clarify the relationship between creative developments and the concepts of place and placemaking.

City branding in a multi-level governance context: comparing branding performance across five institutional models for urban development in Saudi Arabia

Abdulrhman Alsayel, Jan Fransen, Martin de Jong

The purpose of this study is to examine how five different multi-level governance (MLG) models affect place branding (PB) performance in Saudi Arabia.

Smarter city, less just destination? Mobilities and social gaps in Barcelona

Fiammetta Brandajs, Antonio Paolo Russo

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a critical framework to analyse how “smart” plays out in tourism places. Moving from a recognition of the strategies, expected impacts…

“Flix rhymes with sh*t”. Exploring the potential for place stigmatization of media coverage of a declining industrial village in rural Spain

Bernat López, Lina Casadó-Marín

This study aims to analyze and assess 21 years of media coverage (2000–2020) of Flix, a small industrial village located in an rural area on north-eastern Spain, which has endured…