...Natasha Francis; Tom Griffin Purpose Public art is a vital contributor to urban placemaking and provides numerous economic, social and cultural benefits. Main streets are hubs of urban activity and are often managed by organizations, such as Business Improvement Areas (BIAs), that install...

.... Findings Results revealed the accumulated effect of each attribute to improve overall satisfaction with the destination and enhance the tourism destination’s image and attractiveness as a place to visit and to live. It can help develop tourism destinations from the placemaking perspective. IAA results...

...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...

... A growing body of research suggests that gender is central to placemaking, and in dealing with environmental sustainability, fear of crime, longer life expectancy, unpaid work and economic inequality shape mobility and experiences of the city for women. In this context, the authors conducted a series...

... and economic reforms intertwine with sustainable urban planning and placemaking to create a comprehensive lifestyle setup for Riyadh’s residents that has not previously existed. On the planning side, this includes creating a massive public infrastructure that encourages walkability and residents’ active...

...Pieter Breek; Jasper Eshuis; Joke Hermes Purpose Social media have become a key part of placemaking. Placemaking revolves around collaboration between multiple stakeholders, which requires ongoing two-way communication between local government and citizens. Although social media offer promising...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social media Smartphones Placemaking Text analysis The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA, 2005) defines cultural ecosystem services (CES) as the non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems, which includes spiritual enrichment...

... with several students at Prince Sultan University, investigated the current status of several neighborhoods in Riyadh’s historic downtown, analyzing how these will be transformed by Riyadh’s plan to turn the downtown into a “globalizing project” (Short, 2004) using top-down placemaking to craft a new identity...

...Josephine Vaughan; Kim Maund; Thayaparan Gajendran; Justine Lloyd; Cathy Smith; Michael Cohen Purpose This study aims to address the research gap about value in the holistic discourse of creative placemaking. It identifies and synthesises the often discounted social and environmental values...

...Amelia Green Purpose This paper aims to explore the capacity of Australian silo art from a creative placemaking perspective. The paper also takes up this case as fertile ground for probing into the complexity of creative placemaking. Design/methodology/approach The case study approach...

...Onur Mengi; Mirko Guaralda Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the creative city discourse expanding on current tangible and intangible strategies, by integrating recent placemaking tactics to develop a multidimensional framework for designing creative places. Design/methodology...

... into a recent competitive placemaking scheme and reflects on how placemaking can potentially be reconciled as both top-down and place-based. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Bidding Competition Placemaking City of culture Schemes...

... in placemaking. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic research highlights the motivations and experiences of the organizers and volunteer-participants, as well as some of the organizational challenges. Findings Revealing that the profit motive and economic outcomes are not dominant, this paper shows...

...Beau Bradley Beza; Jaime Hernández-Garcia Purpose Placemaking is an established practice and research field. It takes on a spatial dimension created through a socio-political process where value and meaning are assigned to settings. An emerging concept, sustainability citizenship relies on social...

...Wessel Strydom; Karen Puren; Ernst Drewes Purpose While placemaking is a multi-disciplinary concern, it is a key focus within the discipline of spatial planning. This paper aims to explore the development of theoretical trends with regard to placemaking in spatial planning since 1975 to identify...

.... Originality/value This paper demonstrates that a bottom-up, horizontal approach to placemaking and place marketing can yield substantial results even (or especially) in an adverse economical and social environment. Placemaking Alternative tourism Bottom-up placemaking Corfu Greece Responsible...