A systematic approach for understanding how the urban environment and regeneration
influence neighborhood image is lacking, particularly involving aesthetic perspective. This …

The purpose of this paper is to take part in the debate about power relationships in
contemporary cities between the agents of urban renewal and the local communities, as …

Socio-economic disadvantage experienced by residents of English seaside resorts has
been growing over the last decade, and academic and practice-based research is providing …

Based on 52 qualitative interviews with working-class individuals, this paper explores the
social and economic decline of a coastal locale referred to as High Town in Teesside in the …

Urban art has emerged as a new feature of cities in recent decades. Its wide success as a
fresh, youthful, and cosmopolitan artistic movement has elicited the attention of urban …

Within social work, participatory arts practices have increasingly been put forward as a (new)
pedagogical project that creates opportunities to deal with the challenges and complexities …

Within urban and tourism studies, although much research has focused on uneven city
prosperity and competitiveness, little is known about factors influencing seaside town …

The aim of this article is to contribute to the conceptual framework of arts in the city so as to
improve the understanding of the role of arts and culture in urban spaces and the tensions …

Graffiti is a general term that describes inscriptions on a wall, a practice with ancient origins,
ranging from simple drawings and writings to elaborate pictorial representations. Nowadays …

This article focuses on contemporary urban art in the city of Lisbon. We understand urban art
as an art world that has developed through a historical process that, in Portugal, is …