Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events (Paperback, 1)

Contents: Introduction: cities and sports mega-events, Gavin Poynter and Valerie Viehoff. Part I Urbanism and Legacy in the 21st Century: Urbanalisation and city mega-events: from 'copy&paste' urbanism to urban creativity, Francesc Munoz; Olympic legacy, Iain MacRury; How do we measure legacy?, Allan J. Brimicombe; The economic power of the Olympic brand and the legacy of London 2012, Alvaro de Miranda. Part II Urbanism: Space, Planning and Place-Making: Urbanism: space, planning and place-making, Gavin Poynter; Urban designs on deprivation: exploring the role of Olympic legacy framework masterplanning in addressing spatial and social divides, Juliet Davis; Legacy from the inside, Ralph Ward; This is East 20? Urban fabrication and the re-making of the Olympic Park: some research issues, Phil Cohen; Legacies of Turin 2006 eight years on: theories on territorialization in the aftermath of the Olympic Games, Egidio Dansero, Alfredo Mela and Cristiana Rossignolo; The politics of mega-event planning in Rio de Janeiro: contesting the Olympic city of exception, Anne-Marie Broudehoux and Fernanda Sanchez. Part III Intangible Legacies: Intangible legacies, Gavin Poynter and Valerie Viehoff; Intangible learning legacies of the Olympic Games: opportunities for host cities, Berta Cerezuela and Chris Kennett; Perceptions of legacy: an educational perspective, Neil Herrington; Legacy as knowledge, Ailton Fernando S. De Oliveira, Celi Nelza Z. Taffarel, Cristiano M. Belem and Lamartine P. DaCosta. Part IV Sustainability and Mega-Event Legacy: Sustainability and mega-event legacy, Ozlem Edizel and Ralph Ward; Creating sustainable urban legacies? Olympic Games legacies in Munich and London, Valerie Viehoff; Sport mega-events as catalysts for sustainable urban development: the case of Athens 2004, Constantinos Cartalis; Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Games - before and after, their lasting impact, Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan and Randal Roark; Mega-events in the South: offside for the poor? FIFA 2010 legacy in Durban, South Africa, Brij Maharaj and Vyasha Harilal. Part V Social Dimensions: Communities and Urban Transformation: Social dimensions: communities and urban transformation, David Powell; The mega-event experience: the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Turkey, Semiha Sultan Eryilmaz and Huseyin Cengiz; The urban impacts of Rio's mega-events: the view from two 'unspectacular' favelas, Matthew Richmond; A 'city of exception'? Rio de Janeiro and the disputed social legacy of the 2014 and 2016 sports mega-events, Einar Braathen, Gilmar Mascarenhas and Celina Myrann Sorboe. Epilogue: the meaning of 'legacy', Michael Rustin; Index.