Leisure and shelter at third places

——Interaction between Starbucks and individual needs under globalization

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10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_43How to use a DOI?

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Globalization; Urban Modernization; Starbucks

Abstract

This paper examines the role of third place provided by Starbucks in a small city in China to explore how the public spaces and individual needs interact with each other under the globalization background. The public spaces are becoming meaningless as they are commercialized, however, this research found that visitors at Starbucks bear personal purpose rather than behaviors being shaped by Starbucks, that for leisure and shelter.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qingxuan Jia
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/28
TI  - Leisure and shelter at third places
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 430
EP  - 438
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_43
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_43
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