Over the last decade, commentaries and research on urban tourism precincts have predominantly focused on: their role in the tourism attractions mix; their physical and functional forms; their economic significance; their role as a catalyst for urban renewal; their evolution and associated development processes; and, perhaps more broadly, their role, locality and function within the context of urban planning.

City Spaces - Tourist Places both consolidates and develops the extant knowledge of urban tourism precincts into a coherent research driven contemporary work. It revisits and examines the foundational literature but, more importantly, engages with aspects of precinct development that have previously been either underdeveloped or received only limited consideration, such as the psychological and socio-cultural dimensions of the precinct experience. Written by an international team of contributors it provides the reader with:

* A comprehensive analysis of foundational theory and cutting-edge advances in the knowledge of the precinct phenomenon
* An examination of previously underdeveloped topics and themes based on contemporary and ground-breaking research
* Typological and theoretical frameworks in which to locate precinct form, function and experience

Brilliantly edited to ensure theoretical continuity and coherence City Spaces - Tourist Places is vital reading for anyone involved in the study or planning of urban tourism precincts.

Bruce Hayllar, Tony Griffin, Deborah Edwards

Foundations; Chapter 1 Urban Tourism Precincts; Chapter 2 The Evolution of the Tourism Precinct, Costas Spirou; Chapter 3 Places and People: A Precinct Typology, Tony Griffin, Bruce Hayllar, Deborah Edwards; Chapter 4 Theorizing Precincts, Simon Darcy, Jennie Small; Key Themes and Issues; Chapter 5 Urban Tourism Precincts, Deborah Edwards, Tony Griffin, Bruce Hayllar; Chapter 6 Precincts Within the Urban Form, Ian Kelly; Chapter 7 The Structure and Form of Urban Tourism Precincts, Christopher Krolikowski, Graham Brown; Chapter 8 Contribution of Urban Precincts to the Urban Economy, Brent W. Ritchie; Chapter 9 The Tourist Experience of Precincts, Martin Selby, Bruce Hayllar, Tony Griffin; Chapter 10 Conflicts and Politics in Precinct Development, Glen Searle; Chapter 11 Visitor-Host Relationships, Robert Maitland, Peter Newman; III Precincts in Practice; Chapter 12 Precinct Planning and Design, Management and Marketing, Tony Griffin, Bruce Hayllar, Deborah Edwards; Chapter 13 Grote Markt Groningen, Gregory J. Ashworth; Chapter 14 Darling Harbour, Deborah Edwards, Tony Griffin, Bruce Hayllar; Chapter 15 There are major problems in identity with this precinct. It is comprised of three distinct sub-areas known historically as South Bank, Bankside and the Pool of London. There is no formal or recognized collective name, although here we refer to it as south bank (uncapitalized) for the collective precinct and South Bank (capitalized) for the area known, historically, by this name. Precinct, Duncan Tyler, Munir Morad; Chapter 16 Sheffield City Centre, Kirsten Holmes, Yasminah Beebeejaun; Chapter 17 Exploiting the Benefits of World Heritage Listing, Graham Brooks; Lessons for Theory and Practice; Chapter 18 City Spaces - Tourist Places, Bruce Hayllar, Tony Griffin, Deborah Edwards;