Urban and regional studies in the experience economy: What kind of turn?
| Résumé |
The paper introduces a special issue on `the experience turn in
development and planning’. It is argued that the notion of the
experience economy is able to challenge established theories of the
culture economy in three ways. First, by placing consumption and
consumers as point of departure for innovation and valuation.
Secondly, by approaching place as valuable for consumption, and
finally by turning the lens of planning towards places as
destinations, which entails complex quality of place concerns. The
papers of the issue contribute from three different but related
perspectives. One perspective is to deconstruct economic value and
innovation in regional studies and elaborate on the role of
consumers and stages of consumption. Another is the actor
perspective and the question of how localized networks of
innovative actors evolve and engage in experiential staging.
Finally the experience economy is seen as an integrated approach in
policy and strategic planning on as well as across different scales.
Future research should not only trace the evolution of experience
offerings, stages and destinations and its possible dependence on
specific economic phases and contexts. It should also develop
further the potentials of the experience economy approach as a new
perspective on economic phenomena as well as on territorial
development. |
| Mots-clés |
Economic geography, urban and regional development, urban planning, innovation, experience economy |
| Citation | Jeannerat Hugues, Urban and regional studies in the experience economy: What kind of turn?, European Urban and Regional Studies, vol. 20, no 4, 2013, p. 363-369. |
| Type | Article de périodique (Anglais) |
| Date de publication | 10-2013 |
| Nom du périodique | European Urban and Regional Studies |
| Volume | 20 |
| Numéro | 4 |
| Pages | 363-369 |
| URL | http://doc.rero.ch/record/210387/files/Lorentzen_Anne_-_U... |