This book explores the dynamics of place, location and territories from the perspective of an experience-based economy. It offers a valuable contribution to this new approach and provides insight into the unique planning and management challenges it faces.

I Introduction 1. Spatial dynamics in the experience economy II Theoretical Developments and Methodology Challenges 2. Towards a Staging System Approach to Territorial Innovation 3. Negotiating and Producing Symbolic Value 4. Municipalities as Experiential Stagers in the New Economy: Emerging Practices in Frederikshavn, North Denmark III Relations in the Experience Economy 5. Selling the stage: Exploring the Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Interactive Cultural Experiences 6. Qualifying Aesthetic Values in the Experience Economy: the Role of independent Fashion Boutiques in curating Slow Fashion 7. The `Airbnb Experience´ and the Experience Economy: The Spatial, Relational and Experiential Inbetweenness of Airbnb IV Construction of Stages and Places in the Experience Economy 8. A Comprehensive Socio-economic Model of the Experience Economy: the Territorial Stage 9. Val d’Europe: an Experience Economy Landscape tamed by Affect 10. Bollywood-in-the-Alps: Popular Culture Place-making in Tourism 11. The Spatial and Experiential Dimensions of Coastal Zone Tourism in Denmark V Governance in the Experience Economy 12. Pursuing Happiness in planning? The Experience economy as Planning Approach 13. Engagements in Place: Bricolage Networking in Tourism and the Experience Economy 14. Cultural Heritage as an Experiential Resource in Planning