Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events (Design and the Built Environment) By Valerie Viehoff Kindle Edition 1472440196 9781472440198 Mega event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events (Design and the Built Environment) Mega events represent an important moment in the life of a city, providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural, social, political and economic development. In the wake of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) concerns about ‘gigantism’ and wider public concerns about rising costs, it was imperative in the C21st to demonstrate the long term benefits that arose for the city and nations from hosting premier sporting events. ‘London 2012’ was the first to integrate the concept of legacy from the moment a bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games was being considered. London proposed an ambitious programme of urban renewal for East London. Subsequent host city bids have adopted the ‘legacy narrative’ and, as this book demonstrates, aligned this to major schemes of urban development and renewal. Bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy makers, this book focuses upon the legacies sought by cities that host major sports events. It analyses how governments, the IOC and others define and measure ‘legacy’. It also focuses upon the challenges and opportunities facing future host cities of mega events, looking at their aspirations and the intended impact upon their domestic and international development. It questions what the global shift in geographical location of mega events means for sports development and the business of sport, what the attractions are for cities seeking to harness the hosting of a mega event, and whether there may be longer term consequences for the bidding and hosting major sporting events in the wake of the widespread social unrest that accompanied the preparations in Brazil for hosting the FIFA World Cup (2014) and the summer Olympics (2016) and in Turkey, where there was significant opposition to bid for the 2020 summer Olympiad.

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Mega events represent an important moment in the life of a city providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural social political and economic development In the wake of the International Olympic Committee s IOC s concerns about gigantism and wider public concerns about rising costs it was imperative in the C21st to demonstrate the long term benefits that arose for the city and nations from hosting premier sporting events London 2012 was the first to integrate the concept of legacy from the moment a bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games was being considered London proposed an ambitious programme of urban renewal for East London Subsequent host city bids have adopted the legacy narrative and as this book demonstrates aligned this to major schemes of urban development and renewal Bringing together scholars practitioners and policy makers this book focuses upon the legacies sought by cities that host major sports events It analyses how governments the IOC and others define and measure legacy It also focuses upon the challenges and opportunities facing future host cities of mega events looking at their aspirations and the intended impact upon their domestic and international development It questions what the global shift in geographical location of mega events means for sports development and the business of sport what the attractions are for cities seeking to harness the hosting of a mega event and whether there may be longer term consequences for the bidding and hosting major sporting events in the wake of the widespread social unrest that accompanied the preparations in Brazil for hosting the FIFA World Cup 2014 and the summer Olympics 2016 and in Turkey where there was significant opposition to bid for the 2020 summer Olympiad Mega event Cities Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events Design and the Built Environment

Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events (Design and the Built Environment) By Valerie Viehoff

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