Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Hagemans, I., Spierings, B., Weltevreden, J. W. J., & Hooimeijer, P. (2024). “I refer to it as throwing wads”: Strategic use of multiple normative orders to manage touristification of consumption spaces in Amsterdam. Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/27706869.2024.2316460
Hagen, D., Spierings, B., Weltevreden, J. W. J., Risselada, A., & Atzema, O. (2024). What drives consumers to use local online retail platforms? The influence of non-place-specific and place-specific motives. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 77, Article 103649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2023.103649
2023
Scholarly publications
Hagemans, I., Spierings, B., Weltevreden, J. J., & Hooimeijer, P. (2023). The role of frame resonance in resistance to touristification: how Amsterdam came to ban tourist shops from its inner city. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2023.2262166
Hagemans, I., Spierings, B., Weltevreden, J., & Hooimeijer, P. (2023). Crowd-pleasing, niche playing and gentrifying: Explaining the microgeographies of entrepreneur responses to increasing tourism in Amsterdam. Annals of Tourism Research, 102, Article 103627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103627
Spierings, B. (2023). Leisure mobilities, shopping routes and sensescapes: youth in the city centre of Utrecht. Mobilities, 18(5), 719-739. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2023.2206043
Jin, X., Spierings, B., Bolt, G., & Hooimeijer, P. (2023). Nigerian migrants, daily life domains and bordering processes in the city of Guangzhou. Urban Geography. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2023.2179839
Chang, H., & Spierings, B. (2023). Places “for the gram”: Millennials, specialty coffee bars and the gentrification of commercial streets in Seoul. Geoforum, 139, 1-9. Article 103677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103677
Jin, X., Bolt, G., Spierings, B., & Hooimeijer, P. (2023). Network-diversification and trust-building strategies of transnational migrant entrepreneurs: Evidence from African migrant entrepreneurs in South China. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(7), 1437-1455. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2149276
Su, X., Spierings, B., & Hooimeijer, P. (2023). Tourist-resident interaction affects mutual understanding but defined by social distance. Journal of China Tourism Research, 19(3), 589-608 . https://doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2022.2107134
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Professional publications
van Rietbergen, C., & Spierings, B. (2023). Leegstand boven winkels ondanks woningnood. Geografie, 32(8), 22-25. https://geografie.nl/artikel/leegstand-boven-winkels-ondanks-woningnood-da%E2%80%99s-toch-van-de-gekke
2022
Scholarly publications
Hendrix, Y., Spierings, B., & Ettema, D. (2022). Alleen of ‘samen alleen’ reizen? Publiek-ruimtelijke interacties, affectieve atmosferen en mobiliteitskeuzes tussen auto en trein. De Mobiliteitsbeweging. https://www.mobiliteitsbeweging.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/EINDRAPPORT-Mobiliteit-als-ontmoeting-gecorrigeerde-versie.pdf
Hagen, D., Risselada, A., Spierings, B., Weltevreden, J. W. J., & Atzema, O. (2022). Digital marketing activities by Dutch place management partnerships: A resource-based view. Cities, 123, 1-10. Article 103548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103548
Yaylali-Yildiz, B., Spierings, B., & Çil, E. (2022). The spatial configuration and publicness of the university campus: interaction, discovery, and display on De Uithof in Utrecht. Urban Design International, 27(1), 80-94. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00130-w
Su, X., Spierings, B., & Hooimeijer, P. (2022). Different urban settings affect multi-dimensional tourist-resident interactions. Tourism Geographies, 24(4-5), 815-836. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1795713
Professional publications
Ferguson, J., Risselada, A., de Kreek, M., Hagemans, I. (Ed.), Meerkerk, J. (Ed.), Majoor, S. (Ed.), Pineda Revilla, B. (Ed.), Spierings, B. (Ed.), Grin, J. (Ed.), van Vliet, P. (Ed.), Combé, M., van Duren, A. J., Govaerts, C., & Boussaid, R. (2022). De winkelstraat als wereld: Samenwerken aan een toekomstbestendig evenwicht van Amsterdamse consumptieruimten: Bevindingen na vier jaar onderzoek RAAK-PRO: "Toekomstbestendig Evenwicht, Balanceren tussen divergerende belangen. Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423013/04_152_welbegrepen21_04_2022_digitaal_255171228.pdf?sequence=1
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Spierings, B. (Author), & van Aalst, I. (Author). (2022). Documentaire maken als methode: Het sociale leven in winkelstraten. Web publication/site, KWALON - Platform voor kwalitatief onderzoek. https://www.kwalon.nl/2022/01/20/documentaire-maken-als-methode-het-sociale-leven-in-winkelstraten-bas-spierings-en-irina-van-aalst/
2021
Scholarly publications
Zill, M., van Liempt, I., & Spierings, B. (2021). Living in a ‘free jail’? Asylum seekers′ and local residents′ experiences of discomfort with asylum seeker accommodation. Political Geography, 91, 1-11. Article 102487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102487
Su, X., Hooimeijer, P., & Spierings, B. (2021). Why urban setting matters in shaping tourist attitudes towards interaction with residents: Causation or selection in three urban settings. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 22, 1-9. Article 100657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2021.100657
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412876/1_s2.0_S2212571X21001050_main.pdf?sequence=1
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Ösgård, A., & Spierings, B. (2021). ‘It just didn't really happen’: The lived space of entrepreneurial urbanism in Ørestad, Copenhagen. Geoforum, 123, 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.05.004
2020
Scholarly publications
Petersen, N. H., de Boer, D., Spierings, B., & van der Velde, M. (Eds.) (2020). The historical evolution of regionalizing identities in Europe. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3726/b17167
van Melik, R., & Spierings, B. (2020). Researching public space: From place-based to process-oriented approaches and methods. In V. Mehta, & D. Palaz (Eds.), Companion to Public Space (pp. 16-26). Routledge.
de Boer, D., Petersen, N. H., Spierings, B., & van der Velde, M. (2020). The historical evolution of regionalizing identities in Europe: Introduction. In D. de Boer, N. H. Petersen, B. Spierings, & M. van der Velde (Eds.), The historical evolution of regionalizing identities in Europe Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers.
Paredes-Rodriguez, A. A., & Spierings, B. (2020). Dynamics of protest and participation in the governance of tourism in Barcelona: a strategic action field perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(12), 2118-2135. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1791891
Szytniewski, B. B., Spierings, B., & Van Der Velde, M. (2020). Stretching the border: Shopping, Petty Trade and Everyday Life Experiences in the Polish–Ukrainian Borderland. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44(3), 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12857
Su, X., Spierings, B., Dijst, M., & Tong, Z. (2020). Analysing trends in the spatio-temporal behaviour patterns of mainland Chinese tourists and residents in Hong Kong based on Weibo data. Current Issues in Tourism, 23(12), 1542-1558. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1645096
Su, X., Spierings, B., Scheider, S., & Hooimeijer, P. (2020). Where day trippers and tourists go: Comparing the spatio-temporal distribution of Mainland Chinese visitors in Hong Kong using Weibo data. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 25(5), 505-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2020.1741409
Zill, M. O., Spierings, B., & van Liempt, I. C. (2020). The Grandhotel Cosmopolis – a concrete utopia? Reflections on the mediated and lived geographies of asylum accommodation. Comparative Migration Studies, 8, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-0171-1
Zill, M. O., van Liempt, I. C., Spierings, B., & Hooimeijer, P. (2020). Uneven geographies of asylum accommodation: Conceptualizing the impact of spatial, material, and institutional differences on (un)familiarity between asylum seekers and local residents. Migration Studies, 8(4), 491-509. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mny049
Professional publications
de Kreek, M., Ferguson, J., Risselada, A., van Vliet, P., Meerkerk, J., Hagemans, I., Majoor, S., & Spierings, B. (2020). Welbegrepen eigenbelang: Samen naar een toekomstbestendig evenwicht van Amsterdamse consumptieruimten. Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam & Universiteit Utrecht.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415416/20201029_lr_welbegrepen_internet_gecomprimeerd.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415416/20201029_lr_welbegrepen_internet_gecomprimeerd.pdf?sequence=1
Schutjens, V. A. J. M., van Liempt, I. C., Buitelaar, E., van Rietbergen, A., & Spierings, B. (2020). Panta Rhei: in de Utrechtse master Human Geography. Geografie, 2020(3). https://geografie.nl/artikel/panta-rhei
2019
Scholarly publications
Wildish, B., & Spierings, B. (2019). Living like a local: Amsterdam Airbnb users and the blurring of boundaries between 'tourists' and 'residents' in residential neighbourhoods. In T. Frisch, C. Sommer, L. Stoltenberg, & N. Stors (Eds.), Tourism and everyday life in the contemporary city (pp. 139-164). (Routledge studies in urbanism and the city). Routledge.
Ballatore, A., Scheider, S., & Spierings, B. (2019). Tracing tourism geographies with Google Trends: A Dutch case study. In P. Kyriakidis, D. Hadjimitsis, D. Skarlatos, & A. Mansourian (Eds.), Geospatial technologies for local and regional development: The Annual International Conference on Geographic Information Science 2019 (pp. 145-163). (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14745-7_9
van Weerdenburg, D., Scheider, S., Adams, B., Spierings, B., & van der Zee, E. L. (2019). Where to go and what to do: Extracting leisure activity potentials from Web data on urban space. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 73, 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.09.005
2018
Scholarly publications
Szytniewski, B., Spierings, B., & van der Velde, M. (2018). Socio-cultural proximity, daily life and shopping tourism in the Dutch–German border region (reprint of the article published in Tourism Geographies in 2017). In J. Jeuring, & I. Diaz-Soria (Eds.), Proximity and Intraregional Aspects of Tourism Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Proximity-and-Intraregional-Aspects-of-Tourism/Jeuring-Soria/p/book/9780367321802
Szytniewski, B. B., & Spierings, B. (2018). Place Image Formation and Cross-Border Shopping: German Shoppers in the Polish Bazaar in Słubice. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 109(2), 295-308. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12283
Spierings, B., van Liempt, I. C., & Maliepaard, E. (2018). Ownership and membership: Practices and experiences of neighbourhood residents in the Wijsgeren Community Garden in Amsterdam. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 109(5), 677-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12337
Professional publications
Risselada, A. H., Hagen, D., Weltevreden, J. W. J., Atzema, O. A. L. C., Spierings, B., Janssen, J. W. H., & Ghaus, F. (2018). Handboek Het verbonden winkelgebied: hoe collectieve digitale marketing kan bijdragen aan een aantrekkelijke binnenstad . Platform De Nieuwe Winkelstraat.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385216/risselada.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385216/risselada.pdf?sequence=1
van der Zee, E. L., & Spierings, B. (2018). Stedelijk toerisme, lokale eetcultuur en authenticiteit. AGORA : Magazine voor Sociaalruimtelijke vraagstukken, 34(2), 15-18.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396458/vdZee_Spierings_Agora_2018_copnsumptie_en_toeristificering.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396458/vdZee_Spierings_Agora_2018_copnsumptie_en_toeristificering.pdf?sequence=1
2017
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B. (2017). Shopping and tourism. In L. L. Lowry (Ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism (pp. 1098-1101). SAGE.
Szytniewski, B. B., Spierings, B., & van der Velde, M. (2017). Socio-cultural proximity, daily life and shopping tourism in the Dutch–German border region. Tourism Geographies, 19(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2016.1233289
Professional publications
van Wilgenburg, W., Simons, M., & Spierings, B. (2017). Flo in Utrecht: Een verkennend onderzoek naar de betekenis van Flo voor de doorstroming en beleving van fietsers.
Putters, A., & Spierings, B. (2017). De aantrekkingskracht van Amsterdam: Jonge buitenlandse toeristen op het Damrak. Geografie, 26(8), 24-26.
2016
Scholarly publications
Pelgrim, R., Spierings, B., & Ettema, D. F. (2016). Smart sustainable districts: Utrecht Beurskwartier: Literature overview: promoting healthy and sustainable mobility through urban design. EIT Climate-KIC.
Spierings, B., van Aalst, I., & van Melik, R. (2016). Parallel Lives on the Plaza: Young Dutch Women of Turkish and Moroccan Descent and their Feelings of Comfort and Control on Rotterdam’s Schouwburgplein. Space and Culture, 19(2), 150-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331215620994
Professional publications
Spierings, B., van Liempt, I. C., & Maliepaard, E. (2016). Gezonde steden, buurttuinen en nieuwe ongelijkheid. AGORA : Magazine voor Sociaalruimtelijke vraagstukken, 32(3), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.21825/agora.v32i3.4758
2015
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B., & Lagendijk, A. (2015). De economie van de stad. In G.-J. Hospers, R. van Melik, & H. Ernste (Eds.), Visies op de stad: Van tuindorp tot smart city (pp. 31-44). Boom Lemma Publishers.
Schapendonk, J., van Liempt, I., & Spierings, B. (2015). Travellers and their journeys: A dynamic conceptualisaton of transient migrants' and backpackers' behaviour and experiences on the road. Migration Studies, 3(1), 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnu033
2014
Scholarly publications
Szytniewski, B., & Spierings, B. (2014). Encounters with Otherness: Implications of (Un)familiarity for Daily Life in Borderlands. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 29(3), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2014.938971
2013
Scholarly publications
van Duppen, J., & Spierings, B. (2013). Retracing trajectories: the embodied experience of cycling, urban sensescapes and the commute between 'neighbourhood' and 'city' in Utrecht, NL. Journal of Transport Geography, 30, 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.02.006
Spierings, B., & van der Velde, M. (2013). Cross-border mobility, unfamiliarity and development policy in Europe. European Planning Studies, 21(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.716235
Spierings, B., & van der Velde, M. (2013). Cross-border differences and unfamiliarity: Shopping mobility in the Dutch-German Rhine-Waal Euroregion. European Planning Studies, 21(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.716236
Spierings, B. (2013). Fixing missing links in shopping routes: Reflections on intra-urban borders and city center redevelopment in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Cities, 34, 44-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2012.06.004
2012
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B. (2012). Economic flows, spatial folds and intra-urban borders: Reflections on city centre redevelopment plans from a European border studies perspective. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 103(1), 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00699.x
Spierings, B. (2012). Imaginations of consumerism and the making of consumption spaces: flanerie and unfamiliarity. In M. Miles, & J. Savage (Eds.), Nutopia. Envisioning Cities: Past, Present and Future. (pp. 26-35). University of Plymouth Press.
Professional publications
Atzema, O. A. L. C., Olden, H., & Spierings, B. (2012). Kansen voor binnensteden in veranderende markten; essay voor de toekomstverkenning binnensteden van de provincie Gelderland. [ESD2] Expertisecentrum Stedelijke Dynamiek en Duurzaamheid.
van Houtum, H., & Spierings, B. (2012). Borderscapes. AGORA : Magazine voor Sociaalruimtelijke vraagstukken, 4, 4-5.
Spierings, B. (2012). Leegstand als kans. De Architect, 43(5), 108-109.
Seghers, A., Seghrouchni, Z., Duppen, J., & Spierings, B. (2012). Tussenruimten in de Tilburgse spoorzone. AGORA : Magazine voor Sociaalruimtelijke vraagstukken, 4, 18-23.
2011
Professional publications
Spierings, B. (2011). De spookstad leeft! Geografie, 20(8), 28-30.
van Duppen, J. L. C. M., & Spierings, B. (2011). Betekenisvolle leegte in Berlijn: de Cuvrybrache. Geografie, 20(1), 28-30.
2010
Scholarly publications
van Velde, B. M. R., & Spierings, B. (2010). Consumer mobility and the communication of difference: reflecting on cross-border shopping practices in the Dutch-German borderland. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 25(3-4), 195-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2010.9695781
2009
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B. (2009). Producing urban (dis)similarity: entrepreneurial governance, consumer mobiltiy and competitive consumption spaces; the case of the Enschede region. In B. Arts, A. Lagendijk, & H. van Houtum (Eds.), The Desoriented State: Shifts in Governmentality, Territoriality and Governance (pp. 141-159). Springer.
Spierings, B. (2009). Travelling an urban puzzle: the construction, experience and communcation of multi(pli)cities. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 5(4). http://liminalities.net/5-4/puzzle.pdf
Professional publications
Ernste, H., Hooghuis, F., & Spierings, B. (2009). Aardrijkskunde Olympiade van 2008: leerlingen struikelen over begrip 'identiteit'. Geografie, 18(3), 34-37.
Spierings, B. (2009). Doing nothing and urban change. In J. Savage (Ed.), Depending on Time (pp. 24-24). Savage.
Spierings, B. (2009). Doing nothing, urban decay and unfamiliar cities. Nutopia, 22-22.
2008
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B., & van Velde, B. M. R. (2008). Shopping, borders and unfamiliarity: consumer mobility in Europe. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 99(4), 497-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00484.x
Spierings, B., & van Houtum, H. (2008). The Brave New World of the post-society: the mass-production of the individual consumer and the emergence of template cities. European Planning Studies, 16(7), 901-911. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310802224702
Professional publications
Spierings, B. (2008). Funshoppen in binnensteden: de intentie van het 'klavertje 3' van Nijmegen. Geografie, 17(8), 18-20.
Spierings, B. (2008). Zoek de verschillen. In Signalen uit de binnenstad (pp. 17-18). Platform Binnenstadsmanagement.
2007
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B. (2007). Cities, consumption and competition. The image of consumerism and the making of city centres. Social and Cultural Geography, 8(1), 161.
Spierings, B. (2007). Beelden van consumenten in binnensteden. Een politiek cultureel-economisch analyse van binnenstadsprojecten. Vrijetijdstudies, 25(2), 63-67.
van Houtum, H., & Spierings, B. (2007). Barcode humans. On the fabrication of consumers in the super-market society. In Urban Politics Now. Re-Imagining Democracy in the Neoliberal City. (pp. 182-196). (reflect #; No. 06). NAi Uitgevers.
2006
Scholarly publications
Spierings, B. (2006). Downtown America: A history of the place and the people who made it, Alison Isenberg, The University of Chicago Press (2004). Cities, 23(4).
Spierings, B. (2006). Cities, consumption and competition: The image of consumerism and the making of city centres. Radboud University.
Spierings, B. (2006). The return of regulation in the shopping landscape? Reflecting on the persistent power of city centre preservation within shifting retail planning ideologies. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 97(5), 602-609. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00366.x