Failed Olympic bids and the transformation of urban space : lasting legacies? / Robert Oliver, John Lauermann.
Oliver, Robert.; Lauermann, John, author.
2017
GV721.5
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Title
Failed Olympic bids and the transformation of urban space : lasting legacies? / Robert Oliver, John Lauermann.
Author
Oliver, Robert.
ISBN
9781137598233 (electronic book)
1137598239 (electronic book)
9781137598226
1137598220
Publication Details
London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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GV721.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.48068
Summary
This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled from one bid project to the next. As Olympic bids become more deeply embedded in urban development and bid teams engage in legacy planning, Oliver and Lauermann demonstrate that bid failure is rarely definitive and is often a desirable result.  This volume adds a new and innovative perspective to Olympic Studies and mega-events more broadly, with appeal to a variety of other disciplines including geography, urban planning, spatial politics and sport and civic policy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Lauermann, John, author.
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Palgrave pivot.
Mega event planning.
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Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Why Bid? The Logic of Pursuing Sports Mega-Events; Abstract ; An Evolving Candidature (or Bid City) Process; Two Phases: Applicant to Candidate; Agenda 2020; Expanding Visions of Legacy; Leveraging Mega-Events; Conclusion; References; 2 Bidding and Urban Development; Abstract ; Three Framing Narratives; Temporary "Catalyst"; Governance Strategy; Policy Experiments; Conclusion; References; 3 Policy Mobilities and the Bid; Abstract ; Introduction; Policy Mobilities; Mega-Event Mobilities; Conclusion; References

4 Planning Across BidsAbstract ; Introduction; Recycling Plans; High Frequency Bidding; Conclusion; References; 5 Post-bid Legacies?; Abstract ; New York City 2012; Chicago 2016; Istanbul 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2020; European Union Ambitions; Turkish Law no. 3796; Istanbul's Master Plan; Conclusion; References; 6 Post-bid Rescaling; Abstract ; Rescaling; Political Rescaling; Event Rescaling; Bid Rescaling; Toronto; Manchester; Paris; Conclusion; References; 7 Anti-bid Politics; Abstract ; Introduction; Protest and the Olympics; Contesting the Bid; Conclusion; References

8 Conclusion: Rethinking the Horizons of Failed BidsAbstract ; References; Index

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