The Distinctive City: Pitfalls in the Pursuit of Differential Advantage

By I. Turok. 2009

164 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies, Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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In Sociology and Political Science

1. Ayda Eraydin
2. A. Rodríguez‐Pose
3. Greg Richards
4. J. Tomaney
5. A. Pike
6. Jason Gilliland
7. R. Crescenzi

In Urban Studies

1. Ayda Eraydin
2. A. Rodríguez‐Pose
3. Greg Richards
4. G. Arku
5. J. Tomaney
6. A. Pike

In Visual Arts and Performing Arts

1. Ayda Eraydin
2. Greg Richards

Citations in the corpus

• Handbook of Local and Regional Development (2010, background): “As Turok (2009) indicates, this requires more than simply espousing the idea, or adopting some conventional notion of how distinctiveness can be achieved (whether through high-tech, creativity or iconic design).”
• Towards Sustainable Cities: Extending Resilience with Insights from Vulnerability and Transition Theory (2013, unknown): “more valuable products, processes and services [24].”
• Attributes and Characteristics of Regional Resilience: Defining and Measuring the Resilience of Turkish Regions (2016, background): “Accordingly, the nature and sectors involved in such a specialization define whether a highly specialized regional economy is more sensitive to cyclical downturns than a diversified regional economy (TUROK, 2009).”
• The role of place branding in local and regional economic development: bridging the gap between policy and practicality (2016, background): “Place branding can, therefore, be viewed as the conscious attempt of governments to shape and promote a specifically designed place identity through policy-making (Ashworth, 2010; Kavaratzis, 2005; Turok, 2009).”
• Creativity and tourism in the city (2014, background): “As people as a whole become more mobile (including temporary tourism-related mobility and more permanent migration), it becomes important for cities to make themselves distinctive in order to attract attention and to promote place attachment (Turok, 2009) and to provide the experiences and facilitie”