... of the COVID-19 pandemic on places and also for place-bound and spatially oriented industry sectors (particularly retailing and tourism and hospitality, which are often the focus of place marketing initiatives) before describing the papers constituting the special issue. Findings The impacts of the COVID...

...Laura Reynolds Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participatory place branding processes and, in particular, on multiple actors’ ability to build agency. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth qualitative inquiry of place branding processes...

... of shaping a city brand during a crisis. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an interpretive and social constructionist approach, this study analyses a sample of 187 short videos created and posted by Wuhan residents on the social media app Douyin during a COVID-19 lockdown. The authors read the videos...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Place management BIDs COVID-19 BID identity Business improvement districts High streets The COVID pandemic and its subsequent restrictions on public life have led to rapid transformations worldwide that have had grave consequences on places...

...Mark N. Wexler; Judy Oberlander Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate COVID-19 as a super crisis in the design and management of places. Design/methodology/approach This theory-driven work outlines why and how, by treating COVID-19 as a super crisis, the immunological view rises...