Cultural policy and place promotion: Swansea and Dylan Thomas

Geoforum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-266

  Watkins, Helen ^a   Herbert, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructing the city image; Cultural cities; Cultural policy; Literary places; Place promotion; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; HERITAGE TOURISM; URBAN POLICY;

SWANSEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES (WEST GLAMORGAN);

EID: 0037716631     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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