the study of the spaces and places around us and how we relate to them.

This links to familiarity, identity, cultural identity and national identity.

Cities help to define our identity and transmit cultural elements such as values, attitudes, styles, history and nationality.

Engels (1845) found cities horrifying. He said the city was a metaphor for capitalist exploitation.

National museums and art collections reflect an imperial past when treasures were collected from imperial processions as symbols of national power.

(Theme parks) exclude the poor and disadvantaged from a growing range of public facilities.

Did you know - Britain's largest supermarket chains command larger profits than some third world countries?!

The theme park is increasingly part of the British experience of America.

Many Britons now find America more familiar than almost any other place on earth but this fascination with all things American is, paradoxically, often combined with a fear that our world is becoming too American.

Tourists are drawn to the city to experience the colour and diversity of city life but also in search of the cliches and characters they associate with that city.

The pubs, the shops, the hotels and the street ornaments are designed to reflect tourist expectations, as the city becomes it's own theme park. Tourism preserves and manufactures cliches