Urban Planning and Tourism Consumption: 160 Years for the Ringstraße in Vienna (1857-2017) November 20-23, 2016 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Conference Participants Ruth Abraham The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel [email protected] Ruth Abraham is a graduate student in the Department of Geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She began her career as an independent producer of cultural events and her curiosity led her into asking questions concerning the connection between cultural activity and the city. In the last 3 years, she has been a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS), where most of her work dealt with mapping secular and Jewish- Orthodox cultural activity in Jerusalem. In addition, she currently works as an urban planner at “Ran Wolf – Urban Planning and Project Management” company, where most of the projects she is involved in focus on planning of public buildings, venues and public spaces, in various cities in Israel. Her research interests focus on regional issues related to society and urban culture. The topic of her Master’s thesis was “Urban Squatting – independent social and cultural activities in vacant spaces in Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Vienna". Next year she will be starting her PhD studies at the European Forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Gertrud Alirani Mid-Sweden University [email protected] Gertrud Alirani is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at Mid-Sweden University. Her doctoral research project focuses on environmental policy integration in processes of urban development. More specifically she is interested in how and why environmental considerations are integrated and handled as a political issue at the local level with multiple goals and involving actors from both public and private as well as multiple levels of governance. 2 Thiago Allis Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil [email protected] Thiago Allis is a BSc in Tourism (2004), Master in Latin American Integration (2006) and PhD in Architecture and Urbanism (2012) at University of São Paulo (USP). Currently holds a position on Leisure and Tourism at School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), at University of São Paulo. In 2012, Allis was an invited lecturer at the East Timor National University (UNTL). Currentlly, he is in charge of the research project “Territorial Dynamics of Tourist Flows in Urban Space”, funded by the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq). Expertise areas: urban tourism, regional and urban planning, tourism mobilities. Mădălina-Teodora Andrei Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania [email protected] Mădălina-Teodora Andrei is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Engineering, Informatics and Geography at the Spiru Haret University (1998 - present). She is a specialist in human and economic geography, master / magister in "Modeling of Rural and Urban Systems ", doctor on economic geography with thesis title "The Danube Valley between Giurgiu and Braila - human and economic geography study." She attended postgraduate: trainer, expert in e-learning (EU - Fe-cone e-Learning Project), expert- trainer in tourism (HORECA, NH University – Spain, Orendi Academy - Germany), project manager (National Institute of Administration) quality system manager (HRD / 86 / 1.2 / S / 62249, European quality in Higher Education), EU Strategy for Danube Region expert. Responsibilities and functions: Chancellor, a member of the Faculty Council, member of the University Senate, responsible for Communication, responsible Erasmus programme. She is a member of international professional organizations (International Geography Union, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Mountain Research Initiative), president and founding member of the Professional Association of Geography, Ecology and Tourism. She has coordinated and participated in numerous national and international research projects, but also projects from European funds. Author and co-author of 8 books and university courses, 80 articles (39 ISI and IDB) published in the country and abroad. Is the event organizer of international scientific and Managing Editor of a journal published Addleton Academics Publishers, New York. 3 Salvador Anton Clavé Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia, Spain [email protected] Salvador Anton Clavé is a Full Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis at the Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia (Spain) and Visiting Research Scholar at the International Institute of Tourism Studies at the George Washington University (USA). He currently serves as Director of the Doctoral Program in Tourism and Leisure at the Rovira i Virgili University where he is also the Principal Researcher of the Research Group of Territorial Analysis and Tourism Studies. He is the Director of Research at the Science and Technology Park for Tourism and Leisure of Catalonia. He has served as director/dean of the Tourism and Leisure School/Faculty of Tourism and Geography at the Rovira i Virgili University between 2002 and 2012. His research concentrates on analysis of the evolution of tourist destinations, urban and regional tourism planning, theme parks design, management, development and globalization, tourism and ICT and issues concerning tourism policies and local development from an evolutionary approach. Narcís Bassols Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Colombia [email protected] Narcís Bassols graduated in Modern Languages and Philosophy from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, in 1992. He also holds a BA Degree in Hospitality Management from the Escola Superior d’Hoteleria I Turisme, Barcelona. He is currently a PhD student at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili. He is also a lecturer and researcher in tourism and hospitality management at the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe (UAC), Barranquilla, Colombia, where he teaches to undergrads tourism planning, tourism geography and information technologies applied to hospitality. He is also the coordinator for lifelong learning and consultancy within his Programme. His research interests include spatial tourist behavior, destination marketing and built heritage management. He is currently carrying out research about these topics in Latin American historic cities, especially in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. 4 Tatjana Boshkov Goce Delčev University of Štip, Macedonia [email protected] [email protected] Tatjana Boshkov is a professor at the Faculty of Tourism and Business Logistics, Goce Delčev University of Štip, Macedonia. Her research areas are international finance, exchange rate policy, and international payment systems. Education background: During 2004-2008 she studies at the Faculty of Economics, St. Clement Ohridski University – Bitola (Department: Marketing management). She obtains MSc in 2010 (International Economy and Business) and in 2011, Boshkov started her PhD and finished it in 2014. Boshkov is a visiting researcher in Sparkasse Bank in Skopje, training at NBRM; member of the board of editors of the journal Asian Economic and Financial Review; member of the scientific committee in UDECOM / LIMEN 2015, 2016; and coordinator of a project for students training in Sparkasse Bank (Macedonia and abroad). Boshkov is an author of more than 45 papers published in international journals. She has published 6 books. Boshkov participates in projects financed by the EC. Kobi Cohen-Hattab Bar Ilan University, Israel [email protected] Kobi Cohen-Hattab is a Senior lecturer at the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan University. His Ph. D. thesis from the Hebrew University examined the development of tourism infrastructure in Jerusalem during the British rule (1917-1948). He conducted his post-doctoral research at the department of geography, York University, Toronto (2001-2002). He published a book entitled: 'Tour the Land - Tourism in Palestine during the British Mandate Period(1917-1948)', Yad Ben- Zvi, Jerusalem 2006 (Hebrew) and coauthor book with Prof. Noam Shoval entitled: 'Tourism, Religion and Pilgrimage in Jerusalem', Routledge 2014. His main research interests are historical-geography of tourism, tourism in historical towns, the development of seaside resorts and the relationships between Zionism and the Sea. 5 Noga Collins-Kreiner University of Haifa, Israel [email protected] Noga Collins-Kreiner is a Professor (PhD) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, the Head of the Haifa and Galilee Research Institute and the Vice- President of the Israeli Geographical Association (IGA). Her main research interests are: Pilgrimage, Heritage, Hiking and Tourism Development and Management. She is also a resource editor of the “Annals of Tourism Research” and published many papers on the topics of tourism and Human Geography. She is also a consultant of the development plan for the area of the Sea of Galilee and involved in a few projects, such as: planning tourism in National Reserves; development of Christian and Jewish religious sites in Israel; and the Israel National Trail. Valeria Croce The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel [email protected] Valeria Croce is an analyst specialized in international tourism. Throughout her career, Valeria gained extensive experience in devising research programmes, managing projects, and disseminating results to different target audiences, ranging from governments, international media and the public at large. Valeria predominantly