Mega‐sporting events in urban and regional policy

A history of the Winter Olympics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23327112
AutoresStephen Essex (0000-0002-7728-4043, University of Plymouth), Brian Chalkley (University of Plymouth)
Ano2004
Volume19
Fascículo2
Páginas201-204
Data de publicação2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPlanning Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0266-5433 • E-ISSN: 1466-4518
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0266543042000192475
OpenAlexW2056792249
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas53

‘Mega‐events’, such as the Olympic Games, have emerged as an important tool of urban and regional renewal through their ability to justify redevelopment and enhancement, attract inward investment, promote tourism and create new images for host cities. This paper complements previous research into the urban effects of the Summer Games by focusing on the infrastructural legacy of hosting the Winter Games, 1924–2002. The discussion concentrates upon the growing intensity of the intra‐urban competition to host the event and identifies four phases in the changing infrastructural implications of staging the Games. As a component of urban and regional policy, the Winter Olympics present both major risks and clear opportunities for the effective transformation of host centres.

Business · Civil engineering · Competition (biology) · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Environmental planning · Geography · Investment (military) · Mega · Political science · Redevelopment · Regional science · Tourism · Urban landscape · Urban planning · Urban policy · Urban regeneration · Conferences and Exhibitions Management · Engineering · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society