Entrepreneurial Urban Regeneration

<p>In today's world towns and cities dynamically develop over time and that's why urban regeneration is a widely experienced phenomenon. How can Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) create necessary conditions for the development of these phenomena? What is the role that BIDs have in entrepreneurial urbanism supporting SMEs city marketing and city branding? These are questions examined in this volume in an effort to provide an extensive analysis of business improvement districts. </p><p>Enriched with an analysis of various case studies including South Africa Ontario Tokyo Barcelona Slovenia and with an in-field analysis of a cultural heritage site Korca Albania the book analyses the importance benefits and impacts of this kind of organization. It highlights the social economic and ecologic challenges to the historic city markets today which led to their rapid stagnancy. This book offers a practical and structured guide of the concept of Business Improvement Districts and highlights the best practices for management financing and organizing. It sheds light on the impacts and benefits of business improvement districts offering conclusions about their influence on the future improvement of cultural and urban sites. </p><p>It will be of value to researchers academics professionals and students in the fields of management organizational studies strategy and sustainable development of tourism districts.</p>