Olympic Villages and Urban Development

Analysis of Spatial Models and Geographic Transformations

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book proposes an innovative analysis of Olympic urban planning in general, and of Olympic Villages in particular, which will both consolidate the field of study that Olympic urban planning represents and offer a helpful synopsis about the future construction of new Olympic Villages in the coming decades. The work aims to disseminate knowledge and propose new models of Olympic Village management in the post-Olympic period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 0 mm
Vikt:444 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN:9781803742946

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Valerio della Sala is an urban geographer and Adjunct Professor in the Departmentof Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a member of the Sport Research Institute (IRE-UAB) of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and member of the Interdepartmental Research Centre in Urban Studies and Events (OMERO) of the University of Turin. His academic research coversgeneral topics on urbanism, human geography, environment, landscape and urban culture, including applied projects on the sport, spatial policy and the retrofitting of urban space and cultural-led regeneration programs.

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: Francesc Muñoz: Foreword: Decoding «Olympic Urbanism» – The Olympic Villages of Yesterday and Tomorrow – Introduction – Sports Mega- Events and the Promotion of the Territory – Olympic Urbanism – The Territorial Impact of the Olympic Games – The Olympic Villages – The Evolution of the Olympic Villages – Case Study – Two Centuries of Olympic Urbanism.