Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development

In a world where more than half of the population already lives in cities and more than 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world (Licciardi and Amirtahmasebi, 2012), cities have the potential to serve as incubators of innovation and technology. However, there are also many cha...

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Autores: Suriñach Caralt, Jordi, Wöber, Karl
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/111802
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/111802
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Política turística
Ciutats
Gestió de la innovació
Desenvolupament urbà
Politics of tourism
Cities and towns
Innovation management
Urban development
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spelling Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban developmentSuriñach Caralt, JordiWöber, KarlPolítica turísticaCiutatsGestió de la innovacióDesenvolupament urbàPolitics of tourismCities and townsInnovation managementUrban developmentIn a world where more than half of the population already lives in cities and more than 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world (Licciardi and Amirtahmasebi, 2012), cities have the potential to serve as incubators of innovation and technology. However, there are also many challenges for cities that can be classified into economic, environmental, and social threats. Cities, for instance, consume 75 per cent of worldwide energy production and generate 80 per cent of CO2 emissions (Lazaroiua and Rosciab, 2012). The 'smart city' paradigm, which has been adopted by many cities worldwide, represents an environment where innovation and technology supplement activities and services of a city in order to provide benefits to the residents and visitors. In Europe, initiatives for sustainable development of cities have been characterised and defined by a number of factors including environmental sustainability, economic development and a high quality of life.IP Publishing2017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/111802Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816616656245Tourism Economics, 2017, vol. 23, num. 2, p. 239-242https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816616656245(c) IP Publishing , 2017info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1118022026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
title Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
spellingShingle Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
Política turística
Ciutats
Gestió de la innovació
Desenvolupament urbà
Politics of tourism
Cities and towns
Innovation management
Urban development
title_short Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
title_full Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
title_fullStr Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
title_full_unstemmed Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
title_sort Introduction to the special focus Cultural tourism and sustainable urban development
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
Wöber, Karl
author Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
author_facet Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
Wöber, Karl
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Política turística
Ciutats
Gestió de la innovació
Desenvolupament urbà
Politics of tourism
Cities and towns
Innovation management
Urban development
topic Política turística
Ciutats
Gestió de la innovació
Desenvolupament urbà
Politics of tourism
Cities and towns
Innovation management
Urban development
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