...Fabio James Petani; Jeanne Mengis; Dmitrijs Kravčenko Purpose This paper aims to explore practices that over time imposed, maintained or changed existing spaces into places of commemoration. Design/methodology/approach We analyze through a qualitative heuristic approach how different practices...

... in particular in legal geography to examine the existing approaches to regulating hydraulic fracturing and identify the places and their features that are constructed as a result of their intersection at the borders of the nations comprising the UK. Findings The current regulatory framework concerning...

...Sepideh Afsari Bajestani; Polly Stupples; Rebecca Kiddle Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and clarify the relationship between creative developments and the concepts of place and placemaking. Design/methodology/approach This paper systematically reviews scholarly literature...

...Robert Bowen; Sophie Bennett Purpose This paper aims to evaluate how places approach the promotion of local food products and what it means to produce, consume and support local produce in a rural region. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a participatory action-reflective approach...

... urban place, can be transported to a rural festival site. The phenomenological accounts recorded with the festival organisers, paired with key theories within the literature, demonstrate how organising committees can shape the understanding of place and politics in grass-roots festival environments...

...Alexandros Skandalis; John Byrom; Emma Banister Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore how spatial taste formation and the interrelationships between place and taste can inform the development of contemporary place marketing and/or place management strategies. Design/methodology/approach...

...Clayton Jon Hawkins; Lee-Anne J. Ryan Purpose – Given the rise in popularity of festivals globally, the purpose of this paper is to examine two case studies to identify whether festival spaces could be identified as third places. This paper argues that third places are not vanishing but that new...