The social origins of the theme park concept -- Development and categorisation -- Globalization of the theme park industry -- A profile of major theme park operators -- Theme parks and the commercialisation of leisure -- The urbanism of theme parks and spatial innovation -- The impact of theme parks -- The development of theme park destinations -- Factors influencing the development process -- Basic principles of theme park planning -- The architectonical design of a theme park -- Management strategies
Why is Tourism Not an Evolutionary Science? : Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of Destination Evolution / Patrick Brouder, Salvador Anton Clavé, Alison Gill, and Dimitri Ioannides -- Destination Dynamics, Path Dependency, and Resilience : Regaining Momentum in Danish Coastal Tourism Destinations? / Henrik Halkier and Laura James -- Contested Pathways Towards Tourism Destination Sustainability in Whistler, British Columbia : An Evolutionary Governance Model / Alison M. Gill and Peter W. Williams -- Tourism Area Research and Economic Geography Theories : Investigating the Notions of Co-evolution and Regional Innovation Systems / Robert Hassink and Mulan Ma -- Moments as Catalysts for Change in Tourism Destinations' Evolutionary Paths / Cinta Sanz-Ibáñez, Julie Wilson, and Salvador Anton Clavé -- Path Dependence in Remote Area Tourism Development : Why Institutional Legacies Matter / Doris Anna Carson and Dean Bradley Carson -- Knowledge Transfer in the Hotel Industry and the "De-locking" of Central and Eastern Europe / Piotr Niewiadomski -- Co-evolution and Sustainable Tourism Development : From Old Institutional Inertia to New Institutional Imperatives in Niagara / Patrick Brouder and Christopher Fullerton -- Regional Development and Leisure in Fryslân : A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective through Evolutionary Economic Geography / Jasper F. Meekes, Constanza Parra, and Gert De Roo -- Tourism and Economic Geography Redux : EEG's Role in Scholarship Bridge Construction / Dimitri Ioannides and Patrick Brouder
