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The paper focuses on analyzing and evaluating the potential of small and medium-sized towns with emphasis on tourism, cultural heritage and cultural landscape in contact with the Danube River. Small and medium-sized towns located outside the main urbanisation centers and the main urbanisation axes need impulses to ensure their social and economic development and attraction. For these cities it is important to evaluate their cultural and landscape potential, which they have but however, it is still under-utilised and underappreciated. The small and medium cities in contact with the Danube have this potential. Presented research on cultural, tourist and landscape potential analyzes and examines its peculiarities on the case study of a 2 twin cities, of Sturovo - Esztergom (SK-HU) and Komárno-Komárom (SK-HU) towns. These findings are consequently projected into the creation of local communities - neighbourhoods based on the principles of sustainable development, stemming from the distinctive features of those areas. At the same time, the contribution evaluates the proposed model solutions. The presented research is supported by the DANUrB international project under the Interreg Danube Strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An abstract of the article "The Influence of Visual Representations on Consumers' Selection of Intangible Experiences" by Ying Zhu and Eric Li is presented.

Despite growing interest in the effect of the physical environment on organizational outcomes, we know relatively little about how physical space influences the formation of identity in the workplace. Borrowing from environmental psychology, we employ the concept of place identity, e.g. self-esteem and distinctiveness derived from one's physical setting, to explore the interplay between the material and social context. Through this research we show that the social processes that accompany the implementation of a new space can enhance the swift formation of place identity, ultimately leading to higher levels of work engagement. Specifically, understanding the vision of a new physical environment, perceiving agency to adapt a space to meet one's needs, and having leaders who convey a positive attitude about the physical setting can influence how workers frame their identity in connection to their workplace. Through this study we extend our understanding of social identity by providing evidence that the material context, in concert with the social actions that accompany it, is an important source of identity formation in the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]