A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape
Abstract The significance of nightlife and the nighttime economy has witnessed a growing prominence in the realm of urban development. The urban nightlife landscape, serving as the backdrop for urban nighttime pursuits, plays a significant role in determining nighttime consumption patterns and overa...
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| description | Abstract The significance of nightlife and the nighttime economy has witnessed a growing prominence in the realm of urban development. The urban nightlife landscape, serving as the backdrop for urban nighttime pursuits, plays a significant role in determining nighttime consumption patterns and overall nocturnal experiences. However, there is a significant lacuna in the existing scholarship on the fundamental reasoning behind the formation of nightlife landscapes, with the primary analytical focus in earlier studies on daytime landscapes. Drawing upon a spatiotemporal geography perspective, this paper aims to uncover the underlying logic behind the various forms of urban nightlife landscapes. It seeks to identify the key factors that shape these landscapes, thus unveiling their formation mechanisms, overall typology and aesthetic characteristics. Based on the cases of four bar streets in Guangzhou, China, this study argues that the historical heritage and location advantages give rise to two developmental forces in shaping the nightlife landscape: romanticisation and commercialisation. The intertwining of these two forces results in four fundamental categories of urban nightlife landscape: ordinary leisure, gentrification, creative and nostalgic districts, each exhibiting distinct aesthetic characteristics. This paper provides insights into the formation and aesthetic mechanisms of urban nightlife landscapes, and emphasises the importance for urban planners and policymakers to take the spatial-historical context into account when formulating strategies for urban beatification initiatives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f934e0f45f3841c8a7db53745183ffa32023-11-26T12:38:19ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922023-08-0110111510.1057/s41599-023-01964-9A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscapeYi Liu0Yifan Zhang1Xiaolin Zhang2Fangfei Han3Ying Zhao4School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen UniversityCollege of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking UniversitySchool of Geographical Sciences and Planning, Sun Yat-sen UniversitySchool of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen UniversitySchool of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen UniversityAbstract The significance of nightlife and the nighttime economy has witnessed a growing prominence in the realm of urban development. The urban nightlife landscape, serving as the backdrop for urban nighttime pursuits, plays a significant role in determining nighttime consumption patterns and overall nocturnal experiences. However, there is a significant lacuna in the existing scholarship on the fundamental reasoning behind the formation of nightlife landscapes, with the primary analytical focus in earlier studies on daytime landscapes. Drawing upon a spatiotemporal geography perspective, this paper aims to uncover the underlying logic behind the various forms of urban nightlife landscapes. It seeks to identify the key factors that shape these landscapes, thus unveiling their formation mechanisms, overall typology and aesthetic characteristics. Based on the cases of four bar streets in Guangzhou, China, this study argues that the historical heritage and location advantages give rise to two developmental forces in shaping the nightlife landscape: romanticisation and commercialisation. The intertwining of these two forces results in four fundamental categories of urban nightlife landscape: ordinary leisure, gentrification, creative and nostalgic districts, each exhibiting distinct aesthetic characteristics. This paper provides insights into the formation and aesthetic mechanisms of urban nightlife landscapes, and emphasises the importance for urban planners and policymakers to take the spatial-historical context into account when formulating strategies for urban beatification initiatives.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01964-9 |
| spellingShingle | Yi Liu Yifan Zhang Xiaolin Zhang Fangfei Han Ying Zhao A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape |
| title_full | A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape |
| title_fullStr | A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape |
| title_short | A geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape |
| title_sort | geographical perspective on the formation of urban nightlife landscape |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01964-9 |
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