SPATIAL COORDINATES IN BUILDING THE BRAND IMAGE OF REGIONAL METROPOLISES. THE CASE OF IAŞI MUNICIPALITY

Journal Title: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis - Year 2010, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

The article explores the spatial dimensions of the brand image building of the cities / regional metropolises, with an application on Iaşi as a study case. The starting point is represented by the results of the researches in FP7 project EuroBroadMap. Visions of the Europe in the World, which shows that the city of Iaşi has an unfavorable position among the preferences of the Romanian student’s questioned, which raises some questions about its role as a regional metropolis. In order to improve its position, the city could appeal to the territorial marketing strategies. In this direction, using the results of some field surveys, the article studies the opportunities for structuring a brand image depending on the spatial structure of the symbolic characteristics of Iaşi.

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Mădălina PAFTALĂ-CIUBOTĂRIŢA, Octavian GROZA, Lydia COUDROY DE LILLE

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Mădălina PAFTALĂ-CIUBOTĂRIŢA, Octavian GROZA, Lydia COUDROY DE LILLE (2010). SPATIAL COORDINATES IN BUILDING THE BRAND IMAGE OF REGIONAL METROPOLISES. THE CASE OF IAŞI MUNICIPALITY. Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2(1), 3-13. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-129559