London Olympics and Urban Development - The Mega-Event CityPaperback
London Olympics and Urban Development - The Mega-Event CityPaperback As London sought to use the Olympics to achieve an ambitious programme of urban renewal in the relatively socially deprived East…
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London Olympics and Urban Development - The Mega-Event CityPaperback
As London sought to use the Olympics to achieve an ambitious programme of urban renewal in the relatively socially deprived East London it attracted global attention and sparked debate. Government and event organisers use legacies of urban renewal to justify hosting the world's leading sports mega-event, this book examines and evaluates those legacies.The London Olympics and Urban Development: the mega-event city is composed of new research, conducted by academics and policy makers. This book provides an in-depth study of the transformation of East London as a result of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
It critically assesses the narrative of legacy as a framework for legitimizing urban changes and examines the use of this framework as a means of It combines case study analysis with conceptual insight into the role of a sports mega-events in transforming the city.
First London Olympics: 1908