China’s pre-pandemic national-level planning advocated a combination of culture and tourism toadvance growth in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) mega-region. Culture is seen as increasing regionalcohesion, with multi-destination travel products connecting subregions and cities. This paperexamines perceptions of progress towards a coherent GBA cultural identity and its implicationsfor tourism. We examine tourism stakeholder perceptions of the GBA, assess the prospects forthe development of collective identities in the region and assess the prospects forimplementation of the GBA brand. Surveys and interviews with stakeholders indicate that theprevalent top-down planning approach has so far generated limited regional coherence andmay also be limiting bottom-up placemaking initiatives. Debordering between Hong Kong,Macao and the mainland cities offers opportunities for tourism development, but these have sofar been limited, also because of intensifying competition between mainland GBA cities ininternational markets, challenging the implementation of an umbrella brand. Regionalstakeholders so far show little buy-in to the overarching‘quality living circle’concept for theGBA. New governance structures may be to support the development of a coherent regionalidentity and generate place leadership to successfully combine top-down and bottom-upplacemaking initiatives
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This research explores the attitudes of children from different socio-economic backgrounds towards cars. This paper explores their projected choices and motivations in the context of (1) post-materialist values; (2) economic constraints; and (3) social status theories; and draws upon survey research among 140 upper elementary school children in the Netherlands between September 2010 and January 2011. Comparative analysis shows that there are significant differences in attitudes of children from different socio-economic backgrounds. Pupils from the affluent predominantly ethnically Dutch schools showed greater awareness of and concern about their parents’ and general use of cars, and less desire to own a car in the future, children from less economically advantaged schools demonstrated lower environmental awareness and concern and more desire to own a car in the future. This study is based on a small sample and indicates a need for large-scale follow-up study of children's attitudes towards cars. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.07.010 https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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The development of ‘age-friendly cities’ has become a major area of work in the field of ageing and the built environment. This movement is driven by the observation that cities are home to an ever-increasing ageing population. Over the past decade, a multitude of age-friendly initiatives have been developed with the aim of making physical and social environments more favourable for older people's well-being, health and ability to live in the community. This article explores ten key questions associated with the age-friendly cities and communities' movement, with a particular focus on the built environment. It provides an overview of the history of the age-friendly cities' movement and the underlying models, the aspects of the built environment that are relevant for age-friendly cities, the ways age-friendliness can be evaluated, and the interactions between age-friendly cities initiatives and other strategic agendas such as smart cities. The paper concludes by discussing future perspectives and possible directions for further development of the age-friendly movement. © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107922 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvhoof1980/
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