Conceptualizing city image change: The 're-imaging' of Barcelona

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 398-423

  Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Cities; Images; Re imaging; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IMAGE; MARKETING; URBAN PLANNING;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 27744446221     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680500291188     Document Type: Article

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