Mega-event Cities

Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events

Valerie Viehoff, Gavin Poynter (University of East London, UK)

$92.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge
25 April 2018

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Sociology: sport & leisure; Urban & municipal planning; Sporting events, tours & organisations

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.

By: Valerie Viehoff, Gavin Poynter (University of East London, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138546783
ISBN 10: 113854678X
Pages: 275
Publication Date: 25 April 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Valerie Viehoff is a Research Associate at the University of Bonn, Germany. She completed her PhD at University College London, UK, in 2009 and previously competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal. Gavin Poynter is Professor Emeritus at the School of Social Sciences and Chair of the London East Research Institute, University of East London, UK. His previous publications include London after Recession , (co-edited with A. Calcutt and I. MacRury, 2012) and Olympic Cities and the reshaping of London (co-edited with I. MacRury, 2009).

Reviews for Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events

'Those wishing to procure or promote a sports mega-event in the twenty-first century will unfailingly promise a beneficial legacy to the host city and its inhabitants. But will there be a legacy? And, if so, who will be its beneficiaries, and who will lose out? These are now vital issues and this book, for which Gavin Poynter and Valerie Viehoff have assembled a formidable team, provides a valuable and multifaceted discussion of them. I strongly commend it.' Stephen Wagg, Leeds Beckett University, UK, and author of The London Olympics of 2012: Politics, Promises and Legacy 'From Barcelona to Sochi, from London to Rio, sport mega-events became the most recent frontier of city restructuring under the driving force of global finance. This book examines the political economy of sport mega-events and its impacts on cities - and on citizens - exploring the multiple and contradictory meanings of the concept of legacy .' Raquel Rolnick, Universidade de SAGBPo Paulo, Brazil