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Mega-Events: Placemaking, Regeneration and City-Regional Development

Evans, Graeme (2019) Mega-Events: Placemaking, Regeneration and City-Regional Development. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780429466595

Type of Research: Book
Creators: Evans, Graeme
Description:

This book brings together different perspectives of mega-event bidding, hosting and legacies. Their impact is considered through an international range of mega-events in terms of land use, political and socio-economic change, and the placemaking processes that accompany these area-based regeneration projects. From city-regions that have not been successful or withdrawn from mega-event selection, to contemporary Olympic, FIFA World Cup and Expo host cities whose legacy is still unfolding, to event sites whose legacy is now established, the global appeal of the mega-event is apparent from this collection.

The book interrogates the mega-event phenomenon in ten countries, from North and South America, and Australia, to Western and Eastern Europe. Drawing on their historical evolution and antecedents, and following the recurrent themes of urban regeneration and resistance, the book highlights the importance of major events and festivals to the creation and marketing of place through branding and regional growth

In considering a range of mega-events critically and in different national and geopolitical contexts, the book will be of interest to policy and decision-makers at local, regional, national and international levels, and will be of particular interest to professionals, scholars and students working in planning, urban studies, sport and leisure studies, and in event and festival management.

Official Website: https://www.routledge.com/Mega-Events-Placemaking-Regeneration-and-City-Regional-Development-1st/Evans/p/book/9781138608283
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: Routledge
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > London College of Fashion
Date: 20 September 2019
Funders: Regional Studies Association (RSA)
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2019 13:35
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2020 14:11
Item ID: 14785
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/14785

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