Tourism and the Built Environment -- Architectural Tourism in the Spatial and Temporal Urban Context -- Contemporary Architecture and the Destination Image -- Architectural Tourism and the Spectaculture.

Green Trade Agreements reviews and analyses the environmental provisions that have become an important characteristic of the growing number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements. This book examines the range of approaches to these environmental provisions, evaluates their effectiveness...

This book presents an incisive outline of the historical development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the...

This book offers an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the complex interplay between private versus public forms of organization and governance in urban residential developments. Bringing together top experts from numerous disciplines, including law, economics, geography, political...

The internationalization of cities and the constitution of a new international space of power involves a much more expressive number of cities than the usual global cities. Nowadays, dozens of international organizations are composed of regional capitals, medium, and even small cities. With...

Preface -- Background: Chengdu in a Global Context -- Comprehensive Analysis of Existing Data: Chengdu in the World City Network -- Social Research Finding One: Quantitative Analysis of Successful Enterprises -- Social Research Finding Two: Business Success Stories and Inspiration -- Moving onto...

Introduction -- The Impact of Outward-Oriented Economic Reform on Income Inequality in China: 1978 – 2007 -- The continuity and changes of the hukou system since the 1990s: a critical review -- Land Reform, urban development and Migrant Housing in Contemporary China -- The Urban Village of...