Olympic Cities - City Agendas, Planning, and the World's Games, 1896 - 2020 (Paperback, 3rd edition)

The first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and enlarged third edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Summer Games; Winter Games; Cultural Olympiads; and the Paralympics. The second part comprisessystematic surveys of seven key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics: finance; place promotion; the creation of Olympic Villages; security; urban regeneration; tourism; and transport. The final part consists of nine chronologically arranged portraits of host cities, from 1936 to 2020, with particular emphasis on the six Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games of the twenty-first century. As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics, with associated issues of accountability and legacy, continues unabated, this book's incisive and timely assessment of the Games' development and the complex agendas that host cities attach to the event will be essential reading for a wide audience. This will include not just urban and sports historians, urban geographers, event managers and planners, but also anyone with an interest in the staging of mega-events and concerned with building a better understanding of the relationship between cities, sport and culture.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Planning, History and Environment Series
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	John Gold • Margaret M. Gold
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	484
Edition:	3rd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-83269-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-138-83269-3
Barcode:	9781138832695

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