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Mediating contested spaces in tourist towns

PRABHAKAR, SUSHMITA
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1203491454

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2008, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
‘ In an age of globalization and the concurrent mixing of people and cultures, identities and their attendant meanings have become contested at many levels - social, institutional and political ’(Curtin 167). These ‘ contested meanings ’ give rise to ‘ contested geographies ’ through agents such as tourism which is ‘ one of the foremost vehicles of cultural exchange ’(CIRA 2007)(ICOMOS 2007). ‘ Understanding how people use space and invest space with meaning becomes a focus of debate because you deal with different groups of people who negotiate their identities and interests through space and place ’(CIRA 2007). My thesis will focus on ‘ sites of struggle between insider and outsider groups ’, look at developing sustainable solutions that involve all stakeholders (locals and tourists), cater to the environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development and establish a suitable balance among these three dimensions to guarantee the long-term sustainability of a place (Chang 343) (ICOMOS 2007).
Elizabeth Riorden (Committee Chair)
Gordon Simmons (Committee Chair)
124 p.
Architecture
sustainable; tourism; mediating; Pondicherry; contextual architecture

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  • PRABHAKAR, S. (2008). Mediating contested spaces in tourist towns [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1203491454

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • PRABHAKAR, SUSHMITA. Mediating contested spaces in tourist towns. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1203491454.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • PRABHAKAR, SUSHMITA. "Mediating contested spaces in tourist towns." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1203491454

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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