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Policy Responses to Urban Shrinkage: From Growth Thinking to Civic Engagement by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…More and more European cities are confronted with population decline in a structural sense. This development of "urban shrinkage" has different causes, but…”
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A Short Reflection on City Branding and its Controversies by Hospers, Gert‐Jan

“…Thanks to its conceptual character the paper ‘City Branding: An Effective Assertion of Identity or a Transitory Marketing Trick?' by Kavaratzis and Ashworth…”
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Searching for Success Factors of Agritourism: The Case of Kleve County (Germany) by Bosmann, Mirjam, Hospers, Gert-Jan, Reiser, Dirk

“…Agritourism is increasing in popularity as more urban residents appreciate the slower paced rural environment and its authenticity. External influences…”
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF URBAN AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE CITY DEVELOPMENT by Tuijl, Erwin van, Hospers, Gert-Jan, Van Den Berg, Leo

“…Urban Agriculture (UA) has gained popularity in cities all over the world. In this paper, we explore the concept of UA and discuss it along various locational…”
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People, Place and Partnership: Exploring Strategies to Revitalise Town Centres by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…More and more town centers in Western Europe are in decline, as indicated by growing shop vacancy rates in shopping streets. To turn the tide, decision makers…”
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Transformative Effects of Overtourism and COVID-19-Caused Reduction of Tourism on Residents—An Investigation of the Anti-Overtourism Movement on the Island of Mallorca by Amrhein, Sebastian, Hospers, Gert-Jan, Reiser, Dirk

“…The coronavirus outbreak in late 2019 and the subsequent restrictions on mobility and physical contacts caused an extreme collapse of international tourism…”
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Borders, bridges and branding: The transformation of the Øresund region into an imagined space by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…This article explores the spatial-economic transformation of the Scandinavian Øresund Region over the last decades with a focus on the role of place marketing…”
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PLACE MARKETING IN SHRINKING EUROPE: SOME GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES by HOSPERS, GERT-JAN

“…ABSTRACT One third of Europe's regions is confronted with a shrinking population: they are losing inhabitants due to ageing, low fertility and brain drain. To…”
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New horizons for old industrial areas: urban shrinkage and social capital in Blaenau Gwent, Wales by Ročak, Maja, Hospers, Gert-Jan, Reverda, Nol

“…This article explores social capital in the shrinking old industrial area of Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The results indicate that economic change has impacted the…”
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Making sense of place: from cold to warm city marketing by Gert-Jan Hospers

“…This article seeks to explore the usefulness of city marketing as a method to attract new residents and firms from a geographical perspective. To answer the…”
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The next Silicon Valley? On the relationship between geographical clustering and public policy by Hospers, Gert-Jan, Desrochers, Pierre, Sautet, Frédéric

“…Inspired by the success of geographical clustering in California, many governments pursue cluster policy in the hope to build the next Silicon Valley. In this…”
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Urban competitiveness in the knowledge economy: Universities as new planning animateurs by Benneworth, Paul, Hospers, Gert-Jan

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Governance in innovative cities and the importance of branding by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…Everywhere in the Western world we can see the rise of cities calling themselves 'innovative cities'. In this paper we look at these cities from a governance…”
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Silicon Somewhere?: Assessing the usefulness of best practices in regional policy by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…Public authorities in the European Union actively promote the dissemination of so-called 'best practices' in regional policy. With the help of scoreboards,…”
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Industrial Heritage Tourism and Regional Restructuring in the European Union by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…This paper explores the current trend among traditional industrial regions in Europe to launch initiatives in the field of 'industrial heritage tourism'…”
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Regional Cluster Policies: Learning by Comparing? by Hospers, Gert-Jan, Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd

“…This paper deals with an intriguing paradox that can be observed in today’s regional economic policy making: whereas unique local factors are increasingly seen…”
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Surviving a cluster collapse: risk aversion as a core value by Schiele, Holger, Hospers, Gert-Jan, van der Zee, Debbie

“…Purpose - This paper analyses firms, which survived in a collapsed regional cluster. The target is to analyze whether the principles for enduring success…”
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Coping with shrinkage in Europe's cities and towns by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…An increasing number of cities and towns in Europe are facing population decline. In this article we focus on the challenges of this urban shrinkage process…”
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BEST PRACTICES' AND THE DILEMMA OF REGIONAL CLUSTER POLICY IN EUROPE by HOSPERS, GERT-JAN

“…Regional economic cluster policies need to target a region's competitive advantage and rely on best practices to speed up development. The latter is important…”
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Restructuring Europe's rustbelt: The case of the German Ruhrgebiet by Hospers, Gert-Jan

“…With the enlargement of the European Union its "Rustbelt", the mosaic of regions traditionally specialized in heavy industries such as coal and steel, will…”
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