Mega Event Planning: The Development and Impact of Shanghai Expo2010

2017 ◽  
pp. 139-157
Author(s):  
Mark I. Wilson
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2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Lauermann

This article reviews recent scholarship on the urban politics of mega-events. Mega-events have long been promoted as drivers of urban development, based on their potential to generate beneficial legacies for host cities. Yet the mega-event industry is increasingly struggling to find cities willing to host. Political arguments that promote mega-events to host cities include narratives about mega-event legacy—the potential for events to generate long-term benefits—and mega-event leveraging—the idea that cities can strategically link event planning to other policy agendas. In contrast, the apparent decline in interest among potential host cities stems from two political shifts: skepticism toward the promises made by boosters, and the emergence of new kinds of protest movements. The article analyzes an example of largely successful opposition to mega-events, and evaluates parallels between the politics of mega-events and those of other urban megaprojects.


ZARCH ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Isabel Ezquerra Alcázar

Stefano di Vita y Corinna MorandiMega-Events and Legacies in Post-Metropolitan Spaces. Expos and Urban AgendasMichigan (USA): Palgrave Macmillan, Mega Event Planning Pivot series, 2018. 152 páginas. Idioma: inglés.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67768-2


2018 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Nunkoo ◽  
Manuel Alector Ribeiro ◽  
Vivek Sunnassee ◽  
Dogan Gursoy

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 3926-3940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Gaffney
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