Journal of Place Management and Development: Volume 12 Issue 4

Reviving the lost spaces under urban highways and bridges: an empirical study

Azadeh Lak, Mina Ramezani, Reihaneh Aghamolaei

The fast development of urban movement infrastructures has created neglected urban places in cities. This study aims to provide users’ preferences for designing lost spaces that…

Empirical evidence of the roles of public spaces and public activities in the promotion of community relations and sense of place in a coastal community

Janmaimool Piyapong, Ratanavilaisakul Riruengrong, Iemworamate Wipawee, Nunsunanon Siriphan, Assavarak Passanan

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the roles of public spaces in promoting community relations and sense of place in a coastal community, which are both important…

Placemaking and the right to the city of urban poor: a case studyin Sanandaj, Iran

Kayoumars Irandoost, Milad Doostvandi, Todd Litman, Mohammad Azami

This paper aims to present a critical analysis of placemaking by the urban poor based on the Right to the City, Henri Lefebvre’s influential theory regarding the production of…

City branding and museum souvenirs: towards improving the St. Petersburg city brand: Do museums sell souvenirs or do souvenirs sell museums?

Iuliia Trabskaia, Iuliia Shuliateva, Rebecca Abushena, Valery Gordin, Mariya Dedova

The purpose of this paper is to identify ways to develop museum shop product, which will possess competitive advantage, and to recommend what should be done to develop such…

You can’t govern if you don’t measure: Experts’ insights into place branding effectiveness assessment

Magdalena Florek, Marta Herezniak, Anna Augustyn

The purpose of the study is to verify the theoretical assumptions based on literature review regarding the issue of brand effectiveness evaluation and the potential measurement…

Place making as a form of place taking: Residential displacement and grassroots resistance to institutional encroachment in Buffalo, New York

Robert Mark Silverman, Henry Louis Taylor Jr, Li Yin, Camden Miller, Pascal Buggs

The purpose of this paper is to examine perceptions of institutional encroachment and community responses to it. Specifically, it focuses on residents’ perceived effects of…