City Marketing

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 119-124

  McCann, E J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; City slogans; Civic boosterism; Growth coalition; Mega events; Neoliberalism; Political economy; Rentiers; Representation; Revanchism; Scale; Urban branding; Urban entrepreneurialism; Urban politics; Zero tolerance policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751651692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.01044-0     Document Type: Chapter

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