Randrup, Thomas
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2018Peer reviewed
Starting conditions for the green branding of a city
Chan, Chung-Shing; Marafa, Lawal M.; Van den Bosch, Cecil C. Konijnendijk; Randrup, Thomas Barfoed
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate the starting conditions of green resource branding in Hong Kong and Copenhagen. The study is based on the application of the Green Brand Hexagon (GBH) that measures multi-dimensional attributes of a green resource brand. Two surveys were conducted in Hong Kong (n = 395) and Copenhagen (n = 217), sampling inbound visitors. The results show that visitors in Hong Kong tend to believe that green brand attributes are connected to the economic benefits of a greener urban environment, while the green aspects related to international status and public policies are relatively stronger in Copenhagen. Hong Kong has a square green resource brand structure that combines interconnected green resource attributes, whereas Copenhagen keeps a hexagonal structure with more dimensions but a simpler composition in each dimension.
Keywords
City branding; Copenhagen; Green resource brand; Hong Kong; Urban green resources
Published in
Journal of destination marketing & management
2018, Volume: 10, pages: 10-24 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
SLU Authors
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
UKÄ Subject classification
Economic Geography
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.05.006
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97699