Post-souvenir city
Subtitle: Mediterranean urban intensity and new tourism practices in Alicante
By: edited by Jorge Almazán
Series: Measuring the non-measurable -- 05; Measuring the non-measurable -- 5.
Publisher: Flick Studio
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9784904894156
Subjects: Tourism; City planning
Description: Post Souvenir City brings together essays and investigations by architects, urbanists and other specialists, in which they address various dimensions of tourism and urban space. The focus is on Spain, whose tourism is among the most visible in the world, and which has experienced both the excitements and the lows of tourism-fueled growth. Recently, Spain was among the countries which suffered most in the global economic downturn. The environmentally and culturally unsustainable development has, first, spectacularised, then consumed and, eventually, all but abandoned the most attractive places of Spain. In order to change development patterns which glorify irresponsible growth, we need paradigm-breaking research and innovation. That can happen only within a broader, much needed paradigm shift that redefines the value system, so that it can recognise the difference between precious, rooted cultures and the superficiality of banal Disneyification. That is where Almazán places the work presented in this volume, and opens its themes to public.
Notes: Text in English with summaries in Spanish and Japanese.
Table of contents: title: Prologue / Darko Radović; title: Crossing points of two noises / José Maria Torres Nadal; title: Introduction: Alicante: tourism and urban identity / Jorge Almazán; title: Part I. ESSAYS; title: Tourism, territory, identity / José Oliver; title: Costa Blanca: public space and perceived image as key to tourism competitiveness / Rosario Navatón; title: Benidorm. Esplanades and ordinary urbanities / Miguel Mesa del Castillo; title: Commons-based urbanism: can Alicante be a case study? / Enrique Nieto; title: The street: a celebration of transformative architectural installations / Mio Suzuki; title: Towards building a "healthy" and sustainable urban identity / Yukino Tairako; title: Part II. URBAN EXPERIMENT; title: Collective urban drift / Jorge Almazán, Mio Suzuki, Yukino Tairako, Shun Kawakubo, Gako Inoue; title: Cross-cultural debates / Jorge Almazán, Yukino Tairako, Mio Suzuki, Milica Muminović, Gako Inoue, Shun Kawakubo; title: Extroduction: Towards a post-souvenir city? / Jorge Almazán.