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Title
Sports mega-events and urban legacies : the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil / Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre, editor.
ISBN
9783319440125 (electronic book)
3319440128 (electronic book)
9783319440118
331944011X
Imprint
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-44012-5 doi
Call Number
HT169.B7
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.1/216
Summary
This book examines the urban legacy of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil across the seven cities that hosted matches. The authors, all experts and natives of South America, analyse the context and impacts of hosting the World Cup for each of the host cities. The chapters use a range of background data and local knowledge and understanding to critically assess what benefits or disadvantages came along with bidding for and hosting World Cup final games, and importantly considers who the beneficiaries where and are. It further provides detailed empirical evidence that highlights a growing trend in sporting mega events: the overestimation of benefits and an underestimation of costs involved in hosting. The book adds to the critical literature that provides a counterweight to governments' aspirations to use mega events for the purposes of development and/or globalization, irrespective of the views of their citizens. Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre is a Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Series
Mega event planning.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 331944011X
Chapter 1. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil: Hosting a Sport Mega-Event in a BRIC Context
Chapter 2. Belo Horizonte: The Urban Impact and Contested Legacy of a Mega-Event
Chapter 3. Fortaleza: Real Estate Appreciation, Removals and Conflicts
Chapter 4. Natal: Football, Urban Coalitions, Real Estate: New and Old Relations
Chapter 5. Porto Alegre: The Entrepreneurial City
Chapter 6. Recife: Much to do about Nothing
Chapter 7. Rio de Janeiro: Social and Urban Impacts of the Maracanã Stadium Renovation
Chapter 8. São Paulo: Sports Mega-Events and the East Zone Local Development
Chapter 9. The Cup Final Score: What went wrong?
