Oslo's new Opera House: Cultural flagship, regeneration tool or destination icon?

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-110

  Smith, Andrew ^a   von Krogh Strand, Ingvild ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Innovation Norway ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

flagships; icons; marketing; regeneration; waterfronts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REGENERATION; HERITAGE TOURISM; ICONOGRAPHY; MARKETING; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; OSLO [OSLO (CNT)];

EID: 79551506850     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776410382595     Document Type: Article

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