From ‘creative city’ to ‘no-go areas’ – The expansion of the night-time economy in British town and city centres

Roberts, Marion

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2006.05.001

Cited by 107 publications

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“…Findings are consistent with current literature which confirms that the considerable expansion of the 'night-time' economy in British cities and towns (Roberts and Turner 2005;Hobbs et al 2003), relaxed liquor licensing laws (Elvins and Hadfield 2003) on UK high streets targeting 18-24 year olds (Mintel 2004) have impacted the public space on the street at night (Roberts 2006). While local councils may be criticised for allowing such expansion, it could be argued that permissive attitudes were based on the desire to promote urban regeneration in ailing town centres (Roberts 2006).…”

Section: Role Of Tourismsupporting

confidence: 89%

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Engaging with a healthy tourism “offer”: strategies to improve place perceptions

Wall

Hemingway

Curtin

2017

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore how engagement with a healthy tourism "offer"could improve place perceptions through the development of collaborative strategies to promote a wellbeing destination. Design/methodology/approach -This paper takes a constructivist grounded theory approach drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted with local members of council from public health and tourism teams, in a seaside town in the South of England. Findings -Study findings indicate that the historical roots of the town's creation have a bearing on current planning challenges and strategies. Findings confirm that collaborative strategies to engagewith a healthy tourism "offer" will improve place perceptions and promote a wellbeing destination. Implications The paper concludes that strategies to engage with a healthy tourism offer include interventions to curb alcohol consumption, regenerate areas, and promote eudaimonic wellbeing -which could ultimately improve place perceptions. Originality/value -This paper proposes that the development of a strategic alliances bridged through the construct of wellbeing could improve place perceptions and promote a wellbeing destination.

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Section: Role Of Tourismsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…While local councils may be criticised for allowing such expansion, it could be argued that permissive attitudes were based on the desire to promote urban regeneration in ailing town centres (Roberts 2006).…”

Section: Role Of Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging with a healthy tourism “offer”: strategies to improve place perceptions

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Hemingway

Curtin

2017

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“…Although centred on 'packaged fun', these NTEs are characterised by a high incidence of crime and disorder (Bromley and Nelson, 2002;Hobbs et al, 2005), thus burdening the operation of public agencies (Roberts, 2006). Commentators relate this to other important changes in youth culture in Britain over the past two decades which point to the emergence of a 'new culture of intoxication' (Measham and Brain, 2005) including weekend poly-drug use (the combining of various psychoactive substances in one session) and 'binge drinking' (Moore and Measham, 2008;Measham and Moore, 2009).…”

Section: Excessive Consumption and The Ntementioning

confidence: 99%

Risk and transgression on holiday: 'new experiences' and the pied piper of excessive consumption

Briggs

Tutenges

2014

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BiographyDaniel is a researcher, writer and inter-disciplinary academic who studies social problems. For nearly fifteen years, he has undertaken a significant amount of funded mixed-methods and ethnographic research into various social issues from street drug users to terminally ill-patients; from illegal immigrants to football hooligans; and from gypsies to gangs and deviant youth behaviours. He has AbstractWhen British youth holiday abroad, they tend to engage in increased consumption of alcohol, drugs, violence and unprotected sex -collectively known as 'risk' behaviours. While numerous epidemiological studies have documented the extent of these risk behaviours in places like the Balearic islands, few have taken a phenomenological approach with the participants who go thereto find out how they experience and attribute meaning to their transgression on holiday. Our research reports on this matter and is based on ethnographic data collected in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively. We argue that individual and group holiday ambitions for a 'blow out' are actively complemented by aggressive commercial forces which seek to capitalise on consumer spending, thus assisting in the production of risk. We show how this works by reporting from the resort of San Antonio, Ibiza.Word count: 9,569 excluding references

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“…The '24 hour city' concept and cultural strategies have been endorsed to revitalise city centres and create night-time economies in order to make cities safer and to enhance their image (Heath, 1997). However, there are contentions over the 24 hour city concept concerning the type of activity that is available and the subsequent consumers that are attracted to cities at night [see Roberts, 2006]. For example, the ODPM (2003b) suggest that, in Britain, evening economies centre on young people and alcohol, rather than people of all ages participating in a variety of activities (as in seen in many other European cities).…”

Section:  Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is therefore essential that a varied clientele is attracted to cities at night by encouraging a wider range of activities than merely bars and nightclubs (Heath, 1997). The differences between creativity, cultural resources and the consumption of alcohol as an entertainment activity must be understood (Roberts, 2006).…”

Section:  Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

An introductory review to the Special Issue: Attractive Places to Live

Mulliner

Malienė

2011

Urban Des Int

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From ‘creative city’ to ‘no-go areas’ – The expansion of the night-time economy in British town and city centres

Cited by 107 publications

References 12 publications

Engaging with a healthy tourism “offer”: strategies to improve place perceptions

Engaging with a healthy tourism “offer”: strategies to improve place perceptions

Risk and transgression on holiday: 'new experiences' and the pied piper of excessive consumption

An introductory review to the Special Issue: Attractive Places to Live

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