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The role of cultural heritage sites in the creation of tourism potential of small towns in Poland
European Spatial Research and Policy, 2019 Historical sites may be found in nearly all small towns in Poland. Some are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the role of these resources in the broader set of elements shaping the tourism potential of towns,
Agnieszka Kwiatek-Sołtys +1 more
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The Phenomenon of Company Towns: Specific Features of Their Genesis and Development
RUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2020 The article analyzes the social phenomenon of single-industry towns (company towns), their role in the modern market economy, their genesis in Russia and other countries.
Maxim A. Ulyanychev
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Quaestiones Geographicae, 2017 The geomorphological analysis of historically urbanized areas is the best scientific way to understand how the extant geomorphological factors conditioned urbanization.
Dall’Aglio Pier Luigi +7 more
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Computing Urban Fabric of a Historical Town
EPiC Series in Computing, 2020 Traditional computer simulation is replaced by 3D scans of the temporary urban fabric in a Taiwan heritage site for the quantitative assessment of local evolvement. The transfer of as-built point cloud model to the vertical and horizontal sections enables the inspections of evolved openness types on an old street enclosed by building facades and ...
Naai-Jung Shih +3 more
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Manufactures, archaeology and bygones: making a sense of place in civic museums, 1850-1914 [PDF]
, 2013 This article considers the extent and nature of the ways in which civic museums created a sense of place in the period 1850-1914. The local has been shown to be constructed in visual culture, such as architecture, paintings and engravings, as well as in ...
Hill, Kate
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Land, 2023 Ancient canal towns in Jiangnan have become important tourist destinations due to their unique water town scenery and historical value. Creating a unique tourist image boosts these ancient towns’ competitive edge in tourism and contributes significantly ...
Jiahui Ding +4 more
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Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic SeriesHistorical town centers have a different layout and functions than do contemporary urban districts. The urban layout and architecture of medieval towns constitute tangible cultural heritage that shapes the local landscape.
Marek Zagroba
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023 “Sundown towns” across the US prevented racial and ethnic minorities from living and working within their borders as they forced minorities to leave these towns after sunset.
Yulin Hswen +5 more
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'Ibadan - a model of historical facts': militarism and civic culture in a Yoruba city [PDF]
, 1999 The article focuses on an historical relationship between the political institution of chieftaincy and civic pride in Ibadan, a Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
Watson, Ruth
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The Urban Anthropologist as Flâneur; the Symbolic Pattern of Indonesian Cities [PDF]
, 2012 Cities are places full of symbols. In the past decades, Indonesian cities have become the cradle of urban symbolism studies. In this article, the author presents the results of these studies.
Nas, P. J. (Peter)
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