Why Walls Won't Work is a swee** account of life along the United States-Mexico border
zone, tracing the border's history of cultural interaction since the earliest Mesoamerican …

This article explores the historic–geographic evolution of contemporary craft production, with
sensitivity to materiality of labor process, product design, and accompanying place …

This paper discusses a new blend of methods developed to answer the question of where
creativity is in the city. Experimentation with new methods was required because of empirical …

This paper reflects on two decades' scholarship in geography on cultural economy,
assessing strides made against some of the expectations of early proponents. Cultural …

Restaurants and their attendant practices are high-profile sites at which regional and
national cuisines are experienced, experimented with, and negotiated. In particular, they are …

This essay explores questions of why and how there can be a border renaissance in a time
of border profusion and confusion. Are we simply witnessing border renascence, a revival of …

This paper studies the meaning of neighborhood milieu and its appropriation in social city
development by conducting content analysis on two neighborhoods and supplementing it …

The images people hold about any city affect its ability to attract tourists, shoppers, and
investment. This study of urban image in Tijuana examines institutional place promotion …

Collaboration between public and private agents for the promotion of commercial activities
in cities has been carried out through numerous models, including Business Improvement …

Te competitiveness of a city is tied to its capacity to attract, and to generate value in a quality
environment for the different kinds of people that inhabit it (namely, primarily its residents …