Reuben Rose-Redwood is Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.Jani Vuolteenaho is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki in Finland.Craig Young is Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.Duncan Light is Senior Lecturer in Tourism at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom.

• PrefaceReuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan LightIntroduction: Naming rights, place branding, and the tumultuous cultural landscapes of neoliberal urbanismReuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan Light1. "This venue is brought to you by. . .": the diffusion of sports and entertainment facility name sponsorship in urban EuropeJani Vuolteenaho, Matthias Wolny and Guy Puzey2. Scalar tensions in urban toponymic inscription: the corporate (re)naming of football stadiaDominic Medway, Gary Warnaby, Leah Gillooly and Steve Millington3. Who owns the name? Fandom, social inequalities and the contested renaming of a football club in Timişoara, RomaniaRemus Creţan4. Data, dispossession, and Facebook: techno-imperialism and toponymy in gentrifying San FranciscoErin McElroy5. "Turn your brand into a destination": toponymic commodification and the branding of place in Dubai and WinnipegReuben Rose-Redwood, Maral Sotoudehnia and Eliot Tretter6. City renaming as brand promotion: exploring neoliberal projects and community resistance in New ZealandRobin Kearns and Nicolas LewisAfterword: The names of urban dispossessionDavid Madden

Reuben Rose-Redwood is Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.Jani Vuolteenaho is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki in Finland.Craig Young is Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.Duncan Light is Senior Lecturer in Tourism at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom.

• PrefaceReuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan LightIntroduction: Naming rights, place branding, and the tumultuous cultural landscapes of neoliberal urbanismReuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan Light1. "This venue is brought to you by. . .": the diffusion of sports and entertainment facility name sponsorship in urban EuropeJani Vuolteenaho, Matthias Wolny and Guy Puzey2. Scalar tensions in urban toponymic inscription: the corporate (re)naming of football stadiaDominic Medway, Gary Warnaby, Leah Gillooly and Steve Millington3. Who owns the name? Fandom, social inequalities and the contested renaming of a football club in Timişoara, RomaniaRemus Creţan4. Data, dispossession, and Facebook: techno-imperialism and toponymy in gentrifying San FranciscoErin McElroy5. "Turn your brand into a destination": toponymic commodification and the branding of place in Dubai and WinnipegReuben Rose-Redwood, Maral Sotoudehnia and Eliot Tretter6. City renaming as brand promotion: exploring neoliberal projects and community resistance in New ZealandRobin Kearns and Nicolas LewisAfterword: The names of urban dispossessionDavid Madden

Reuben Rose-Redwood is Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.Jani Vuolteenaho is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki in Finland.Craig Young is Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.Duncan Light is Senior Lecturer in Tourism at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom.

• PrefaceReuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan LightIntroduction: Naming rights, place branding, and the tumultuous cultural landscapes of neoliberal urbanismReuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan Light1. "This venue is brought to you by. . .": the diffusion of sports and entertainment facility name sponsorship in urban EuropeJani Vuolteenaho, Matthias Wolny and Guy Puzey2. Scalar tensions in urban toponymic inscription: the corporate (re)naming of football stadiaDominic Medway, Gary Warnaby, Leah Gillooly and Steve Millington3. Who owns the name? Fandom, social inequalities and the contested renaming of a football club in Timişoara, RomaniaRemus Creţan4. Data, dispossession, and Facebook: techno-imperialism and toponymy in gentrifying San FranciscoErin McElroy5. "Turn your brand into a destination": toponymic commodification and the branding of place in Dubai and WinnipegReuben Rose-Redwood, Maral Sotoudehnia and Eliot Tretter6. City renaming as brand promotion: exploring neoliberal projects and community resistance in New ZealandRobin Kearns and Nicolas LewisAfterword: The names of urban dispossessionDavid Madden