Karine Dupre

Trends and gaps in place-making in the context of urban development and tourism: 25 years of literature review

Purpose – Many scholars have addressed the concept of place-making, yet there is still little formal knowledge about how major societal changes have influenced place-making. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is an earthshaking event that changed the world, with regard to geopolitics and the internationalisation of our cities and places, thus generating many urban and tourism developments. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse how the term “place-making” has been variously defined and developed as a concept since the time of the fall. Furthermore, it intends to assess whether such analysis can reveal potential competition and synergy for places between tourism and urban developments. Design/methodology/approach – To address these two questions, a systematic quantitative literature review of research published between 1991 and 2016 has been used, providing a 25 years overview that reveals the current trends in the research on this topic and highlights the gaps in the existing literature. Findings – Findings concerns the variety of definitions, demonstrating the complexity of place-making; four emerging topics (place-making and globalisation; participation; conflicts/challenges; and trendy strategies); and a lack of synergy between tourism and urban development regarding place-making. Research limitations/implications – The major limitation to this research is the language criterion, restricted to English, thus automatically eliminating articles written in any other languages. Practical implications – This paper can help key stakeholders to re-assess the place-making strategies in light of the findings. Social implications – This research demonstrates the emergence of new trends in place-making that need to be addressed to fulfil societal demands and own changes. It can be used as a basis to start reflection and further development for communities and a wide variety of stakeholders. Originality/value – The originality of this research resides in the 25-year overview that displays gaps and trends around place-making.

THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS OF AN OFFICE BUILDING WITH DOUBLE SKIN FACADE

ABSTRACT As a symbol of green architecture, double skin facade (DSF) represents a design which possesses many energy saving features, but due to the complexity of the system, the real performances and benefits have been difficult to predict. The objective of this study was to inform the applicability of DSFs, and contribute to the positive impacts of DSF designs. This study compared and contrasted energy savings in a temperate climate, where heating was the dominant energy strategy, and in a subtropical climate, where cooling spaces was the dominant issue. This paper focused on a university office building with a west facing shaft box window facade. The research method was a paired analysis of simulation studies which compared the energy performance of a set of buildings in two different climates. Simulation results showed a good agreement with measurements undertaken in the exiting building during a two-week period. The results specified that DSFs are capable of almost 50% energy savings in temperate and...

The Gold Coast Transformed: From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem

Reflecting a rising tide of interest in Australia’s tourist and sixth most populated city, three edited books on the city of Gold Coast were published in 2015–2016: The Gold Coast Transformed: From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem, edited by Tor Hundloe, Bridgette McDougall and Craig Page; GC30+: Documenting the Gold Coast Architecture Awards, 1984–2013 edited by Andrew Leach, Katherine Rickard and Finn Jones; and Off the Plan: The Urbanisation of the Gold Coast, edited by Caryl Bosman, Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes and Andrew Leach (2016).

Climate change in Chinese rural village: is the community aware? A case study in Cuandixia, using the Photovoice method

Purpose In recent Chinese history, rural villages have suffered extensive depopulation due to the intensive urbanisation of the country. In the early 1990s, the rediscovery of villages for tourism purposes caused a change in approach to conservation policies and village management. Today, villages are subjected to climate change with mass tourism as a contributing factor. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether the village community is climate change aware and to identify best practises for it. Design/methodology/approach In this case study, the authors adopted a visual research technique called Photovoice. It is a research method which combines preliminary data collection and initial analysis processes. The main goals of adopting Photovoice are to enable community members to record and reflect their community’s strengths and concerns, to promote dialogue and knowledge exchange among community members regarding critical local social or environmental issues through small group discussion, and to report to policymakers. Findings This research demonstrated that both visitors and hosts shared common thoughts on tourism interests, impacts and current actions regarding climate change. Age, level of education or origin did not interfere and it shows a common awareness regarding the effects of climate change. It confirms the structural assumption that local and expertise knowledge are complementary. Originality/value At a time when awareness of climate change is affecting almost every debate concerning development strategies, future planning, governance and action implementations, very little has been written on the climate change impact on villages from a community perspective. Even less has been researched on what are called “urban rural villages”, that are villages located at the close periphery of a large urban agglomerations or cities in China.

The new Gold Coast Chinatown: stakeholders' development preferences

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between culture-based tourism development and cultural sustainability in the established tourism destination of Gold Coast, Australia. It seeks to contribute to the debate on local development and tourism through evaluating the development of the newly-born Gold Coast Chinatown. Design/methodology/approach – Two types of analysis were developed for this study. The first one aims at assessing the general features of the case study site. It was done by the urban analysis of the precinct, the count of the shops associated with the identification of their function (e.g. retail, services, etc.), street visual survey, and the assessment of ethnic expression/representations. The second analysis aims at assessing place-attachment, development impacts and cultural attitude. It was done by questionnaire surveys. Findings – The analysis evidences mainly two findings. First, tradition, authenticity or ethnicity are not perceived as key drivers, and tang...