Beyond the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

Andrea Arcidiacono (PhD) is Associate Professor at the Politecnico of Milano (DAStU), where he coordinates the BSc Program in Urban Planning, and is a board member of the PhD Program in Urban Planning, Design and Policy. He is Scientific Director of the Land Take Research Centre (CRCS) and, since 2016, Vice-President of the National Institute of Planning (INU). He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Urbanistica and authored over 150 scientific publications.Stefano Di Vita (PhD) is Researcher in Urban Planning at the Politecnico di Milano (DAStU). His research focuses on spatial dynamics of economic transition (including temporary events and digital innovation), planning processes, tools, and mechanisms of urban change (from big projects to micro-scale regeneration), and spatial phenomena, strategies, and actions targeted to international repositioning and regional rescaling of cities. He is a member of the editorial boardof the journal Territorio and authored over 70 scientific publications.

• Preface - Introduction - FIRST PART: ANALYSING OLYMPIC MOUNTAIN REGIONS.- 1. The characteristics and the challenges of the Olympic Valtellina mountain region.- 2. The spatial rescaling of Italian mega-events: from big projects to regional regeneration.- 3. The spatial change of Winter Oympics: The analysis of international case studies - SECOND PART: SHAPING THE TRANSITION OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAIN REGION.- 4. Sports as well-being practice. The diversification of tourism through the integration of sport, wellness and health.- 5. Culture as trans-scalar encounter. The increase of livebility through the integration of landscape and services.- 6. Transport solution for alternative mobility and accessibility. A sustainable and feasible approach.- 7. Governance and planning: from complexity and contradictions to multi-level and trans-border approaches - THIRD PART: LEARNINGS AND CONCLUSION. THE FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR MEGA-EVENTS IN REMOTE AREAS.- 8. Through and beyond mega-events. Scenariosand prospects from cities to mountain regions.