Keeping a foot in both camps: Sustainability, city branding and boundary spanners
| Autor: | Massimo Giovanardi, Andrea Lucarelli, Chiara Rinaldi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Chiara Rinaldi, Massimo Giovanardi, Andrea Lucarelli |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Glocalization Responsibilization 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 02 engineering and technology Philosophy of business Development Boundary (real estate) City branding Sustainable development 11. Sustainability Sociology Management practices Foot (prosody) 05 social sciences 021107 urban & regional planning Environmental ethics Settore SECS-P/08 - Economia e Gestione delle Imprese Urban Studies Work (electrical) Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Sustainability Boundary spanners Settore AGR/01 - Economia ed Estimo Rurale City branding Sustainable development Responsibilization Boundary spanners 050703 geography |
| Popis: | This study critically examines sustainable development (SD) within the contemporary practices of city branding, a prominent business philosophy that underpins market-led development strategies of urban areas. In pursuing uniqueness, different cities often seem to hint at the very same themes of differentiation, and this reflects the tendency to embrace pre-given sets of place-development discourses. This work casts a critical perspective on SD as one of the global passe-partout themes that has become particularly prominent in contemporary city-brand management practices. In particular, the theory-practice gap in city branding for SD is emphasized and interpreted through the lens of glocalization theories. This viewpoint identifies responsibilized boundary spanners as agents located between the global and local levels that act as mediators in multi-stakeholder networks, ultimately fostering capacities to implement collective actions in city-branding practices. |
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