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Chased from Heaven or Escaping Tourist Hell? Venice's Graduate Students in Focus.

Authors :
Russo, Antonio Paolo
Salerno, Giacomo‐Maria
Source :
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography). Dec2023, Vol. 114 Issue 5, p446-462. 17p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

This work addresses a key question for the construction and evolution of university cities: their retentiveness of the student population once they complete their studies. It so does with a focus on a distinctively tourist city like Venice, highly attractive for young adults in education, yet at the same time subject to strong pressures for displacement of stable residents. The balance between these two forcefields seems to be on the losing side in recent years. In our research we trace this evolution, through the life histories of a sample of graduates at local universities that resided in Venice in different periods over the last 30 years. We therefore tackle the experiences, motivations and perceptions that have either favoured their integration in this 'dream place', or triggered an eventual decision to leave, framed by the irresistible expansion of the city's tourist dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040747X
Volume :
114
Issue :
5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173988341
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12583