Reciprocity between soccer events and visited destination in a border context

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The study proposes a conceptual model based on hypothesized relationships among team fanship, satisfaction with the event, and host city as antecedents of behavioral intentions in the United States–Mexico border context. The analysis used data from 290 visitors who attended three soccer games of the Xoloitzcuintles team of Tijuana. The results revealed (1) the emotions felt at the visited destination had significant influences on fanship, satisfaction with event venue, and intentional behavior; (2) fanship and event satisfaction do not seem to influence the visitors’ intentions to return and recommend the visited place; (3) gender and duration of the stay showed a significant moderating function.     

Impacts of urban renewal on the place identity of local residents – a case study of Sunwenxilu traditional commercial street in Zhongshan City,Guangdong Province,China

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This paper studies the impacts of urban renewal on local residents’ place identity by examining the changes in local residents’ place identity in Sunwenxilu, a traditional commercial street in downtown Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China, which carried out urban renewal relatively early in modern China. Applying Breakwell’s [(2015). Risk: Social psychological perspectives. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Elsevier] identity process model and using the renewal process as a starting point, data concerning local residents’ place identity in Sunwenxilu were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and literature analysis. The results reveal that local residents had established a strong place identity on Sunwenxilu before it changed to be a community of “incompetents” in the 1990s. In the late 1990s, Sunwenxilu was transformed into a cultural tourism pedestrian street. Right after the transformation, local residents regained their self-esteem with the improvement of the physical environment and intensification of cultural symbols, and re-established their place continuity by maintaining their collective memories. However, a failure to improve the local residents’ self-efficiency of place during the “superficial” renewal had resulted in vulnerability of the local residents’ place identity in terms of self-esteem, continuity and distinctiveness, thus causing another crisis of place identity. Obviously, the construction of place identity results from the interaction of all elements, so too much emphasis on only one element may trigger a new identity crisis.     

Confronting sustainable development in two rural heritage valorization models

Many rural areas have reinvented their territorial development through tourism, turning to vernacular heritage to ensure their future. Various models of heritage preservation and valorization are adopted where small-scale agriculture is no longer viable. Among them, ecomuseums and place-based labelization schemes transform rural heritage into an economic resource while remaining grounded in cultural and architectural preservation and identity transmission to future generations. Both face criticisms, including being decried as fostering the museumification and mythification of the rural, effectively holding back rural areas in an imagined and romanticized past rather than providing a vision for a sustainable future. The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of France and the Ecomusée d'Alsace illustrate the debate. This investigation analyzes how these two initiatives challenge critics. It unveils their respective understandings of the future of rurality and their approach to promoting sustainable communities through tourism. By highlighting responses to tensions between valorizing the past and forward development in the countryside, findings reveal paradigm shifts from traditional habitat preservation to future-oriented architectural pedagogy in one case, while operational exigencies and normative quality principles mitigate opportunities in the other.     

关于异地城市化的思考

异地城市化已经成为我国城市化进程的重要组成部分,但这一领域的研究相对较为薄弱.从我国异地城市化的形成发展入手,对异地城市化的特点、形成原因进行了剖析,同时研究了异地城市化对我国经济、社会发展和城市化进程的积极作用和负面影响,也揭示了异地城市化过程中所存在的问题与障碍,最后指出了异地城市化的必要性,同时也提出了一些促进我国异地城市化进一步协调发展的建议与对策.     

PI背景下的TDI结构方程模型

态度理论为地区形象(PI)和旅游目的地形象(TDI)的联合研究提供了一个平台。本文构建了一个理论上的地区形象背景下的旅游目的地形象结构方程模型。模型是一个具有因果关系的结构方程模型,包括8个潜变量和28个观测变量。以徐州为例,在运用SPSS15.0软件对数据进行信度检验的基础上,利用LISREL8.70软件对模型进行了验证性因子分析和路径分析。研究发现:(1)结构模型中各潜变量之间的路径与假定基本符合,模型的整体拟合性能良好;(2)旅游资源认知和旅游服务认知会对旅游意愿产生作用,这符合我们的传统理念;(3)地区特征和居民素质对旅游服务感知、目的地评价和旅游意愿三者均有效应,而地区竞争力和居民竞争力仅对旅游服务感知产生影响。     

国外旅游地感知意象研究的地方观解构

本文回顾了地方理论的基本内涵及旅游研究中地方理论研究的国外研究进展,分析了地方依附应用旅游观光意象研究的内涵,探讨游客观光意象与地方依附感之间的关系,地方依附感的旅游学认知架构,以及游客对旅游地意象感知的地方依附程度.最后从旅游规划管理和旅游业发展的角度,提出了地方理论应用旅游营销研究的现实意义.     

古村落居民地方依恋与资源保护态度的关系——以西递、宏村、南屏为例

本文以皖南的西递、宏村和南屏等3个古村落为例,设计量表测量了古村落居民的地方依恋,通过构建结构方程模型探讨了居民地方依恋与其资源保护态度的关系。研究结果表明：（1）古村落居民的地方依恋由地方依赖（ξ）和地方认同（η1）两个维度构成;（2）地方依赖（ξ）对地方认同（η1）有显著的正向影响（γ11=0．87,t=13．13）;（3）地方依赖（ξ）和地方认同（η1）对居民的资源保护态度（η2）有显著的正向影响（γ21=0．57,t=9．85;β21=0．66,t=10．20）;（4）地方依赖（ξ）主要是通过地方认同（η1）影响居民的资源保护态度（η2）,地方认同在其中起着中介作用（γ21直播=0．26,t=1．69;γ21间接=0．36,t=2．79）。本文的研究对古村落的资源保护以及古村落居住新区的建设有一定的现实指导和借鉴意义。     

One village,one product: Agro‐industrial village corporatism in contemporary China

This paper investigates the implementation of “one village, one product” (OVOP) in four peri‐urban villages in China's Yangtze River Delta. China's agricultural transformation, including the introduction of new corporate actors and the growing pressure of market discipline, has challenged the relevance of villages in the organization of agricultural production. In response, village cadres in thousands of Chinese villages have used OVOP to transform their villages into agro‐industrial firms and re‐exert their control over the agricultural surplus, echoing earlier examples of village corporatism. Rooted in agricultural specialization, OVOP encompasses a diversity of strategies for the production of locality‐based value. I disaggregate these strategies into four sociospatial dimensions that comprise locality—place, network, territory, and scale. Place‐based branding is the dominant strategy, but village cadres also pursue complementary sociospatial strategies to ensure their control over the realization of the brand's value and reconstitute their redistributive and administrative powers.     

中部农区农户打工地城镇规模类型——以河南省三个样本村为例

对农户打工地城镇规模类型的研究是认识农民工流动规律的重要内容.基于入户调查数据,采用多值逻辑回归模型和有序逻辑回归模型,以河南省三个样本村为例,对中部农区农户打工地城镇规模类型进行了研究.研究发现,农户打工地主要集中于省城、深圳经济特区、乡镇和地级市,而在县城打工的人较少;农户对打工地城镇规模类型的选择与打工距离密切相关;家庭代数、村经济发展水平和关系网络是影响农户打工地城镇规模类型选择的重要因素.     

Rooted in Place: Understanding Camper Substitution Preferences

This study examines recreationists using primitive roadside campsites on Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack Park. The primary objective of this study was to explore psychological factors (experience use history, enduring involvement, place bonding) that contribute to visitors’ substitution preferences and their willingness to make a resource substitution for roadside camping in the Adirondack Park. Two discriminant function analyses indicate that experience use history variables and the rootedness dimension of place bonding can significantly discriminate between substitution preference groups and willingness to substitute for roadside camping. Enduring involvement in the activity of camping, however, was not a significant predictor of substitution variables.