City branding in a complex and changing world: A combined book review

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.33.1.06

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This is a combined review of three recently published books on city branding. In addition to individual reviews of the three books the article contains an introduction and a conclusion that highlights the books' common thread.

 

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BAKER, B. (2007, 2012), Destination Branding for Small Cities: The Essentials for Successful Place Branding, Portland: Creative Leaf Books.

DELAMATER, J., MYERS, D. and COLLETT, J. (2014), Introduction to Sociology (2nd ed.), New York: W. W. Norton.

KAVARATZIS, M. (2004), ‘From city marketing to city branding: Towards a theoretical framework for developing city brands’, Place Branding, 1 (1), pp. 58−73. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.pb.5990005

KRZNARIC, R. (2021), The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking, London: Penguin Books.

SCHLÖGEL, K. (2006), Im Raume lesen wir die Zeit: Über Zivilisationsgeschichte und Geopolitik, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer.

SENNETT, R. (2018), Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, London: Allen Lane.

WILSON, B. (2021), Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention, New York: Simon & Schuster.

WIZZ (2026), Inflight Magazine of Wizz Air, Larnaca: LXM Media and Publishing Ltd.

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2026-05-18

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Book Reviews

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Hospers, Gert-Jan, and Petr Rumpel. 2026. “City Branding in a Complex and Changing World: A Combined Book Review”. European Spatial Research and Policy 33 (1). https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.33.1.06.

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