Screen LibraryFailed 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 sh...
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Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Mega Event Planning
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59823-3 |
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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 definiti |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XI, 156 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781137598233 |
| Index Number: | GF1 |
| CLC: | X2 |