Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space
Lasting Legacies?
This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled from one bid project to the next. As Olympic bids become more deeply embedded in urban development and bid teams engage in legacy planning, Oliver and Lauermann demonstrate that bid failure is rarely definitive and is often a desirable result. This volume add…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Lauermann, John
- ISBN: 978-1-137-59823-3
- EAN: 9781137598233
- Produktnummer: 24121231
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 156 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'258 KB
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2017
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Robert Oliver is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech, USA. His research examines the intersections of public space, symbolism, and entrepreneurial urbanism, with a particular emphasis on how various claims to urban space are rendered visible during mega-event planning and hosting processes.John Lauermann is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Medgar Evers College in the City University of New York, USA. His research examines urban political economy, mega-events and mega-projects, and urban sustainability.
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