Olympic cities :
Olympic cities : 2012 and the remaking of London /
edited by Gavin Poynter and Iain MacRury.
- Farnham, England ; Ashgate, c2009.
- xvi, 333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Design and the built environment series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword; Part 1 The Modern Games and Social Change: Sport, society and spectacle, Michael Rustin; The evolution of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1948-2012, Gavin Poynter; Branding the Games: commercialism and the Olympic city, lain Macrury; Olympic driven urban development, Dean Baim. Part 2 Olympic Cities: The legacy of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Hyunsun Yoon; The economics of the Barcelon Olympic Games, Ferran Brunet; Atlanta 1996: the Centennial Games, Gavin Poynter and Emma Roberts; Regenerating Sydney's West: framing and adapting an Olympic vision, Richard Cashman; The 28th Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Roy Panagiotopoulou; The economics of the Beijing Olympic Games: prospects and first impacts, Ferran Brunet and Zuo Xinwen. Part 3 London 2012: London: preparing for 2012, Gavin Poynter; London 2012 and the regeneration game, Penny Bernstock; Society, race and the 2012 Games, Kevin Hilton and Nigel Morpeth; The green Games, Paul Toyne; The Paralympic Games, Keith Gilbert; Where is England in contemporary Britain and will the 2012 Olympics help us find it? Andrew Blake; London, Beijing and the role of culture in reconstructing society, Andrew Calcutt. Part 4 Olympic Legacies: Conclusions, lain Macrury and Gavin Poynter; Index.
9780754671008 (hbk.)
2009008826
GBA939404 bnb
015116908 Uk
Olympic Games London, England) 2012 : (30th :
City planning--England--London.
Urban renewal--England--London.
Olympics--History--Case studies.
East End (London, England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
East End (London, England)--Environmental conditions.
GV722-2012. / O48 2009
796.48
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword; Part 1 The Modern Games and Social Change: Sport, society and spectacle, Michael Rustin; The evolution of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1948-2012, Gavin Poynter; Branding the Games: commercialism and the Olympic city, lain Macrury; Olympic driven urban development, Dean Baim. Part 2 Olympic Cities: The legacy of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Hyunsun Yoon; The economics of the Barcelon Olympic Games, Ferran Brunet; Atlanta 1996: the Centennial Games, Gavin Poynter and Emma Roberts; Regenerating Sydney's West: framing and adapting an Olympic vision, Richard Cashman; The 28th Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Roy Panagiotopoulou; The economics of the Beijing Olympic Games: prospects and first impacts, Ferran Brunet and Zuo Xinwen. Part 3 London 2012: London: preparing for 2012, Gavin Poynter; London 2012 and the regeneration game, Penny Bernstock; Society, race and the 2012 Games, Kevin Hilton and Nigel Morpeth; The green Games, Paul Toyne; The Paralympic Games, Keith Gilbert; Where is England in contemporary Britain and will the 2012 Olympics help us find it? Andrew Blake; London, Beijing and the role of culture in reconstructing society, Andrew Calcutt. Part 4 Olympic Legacies: Conclusions, lain Macrury and Gavin Poynter; Index.
9780754671008 (hbk.)
2009008826
GBA939404 bnb
015116908 Uk
Olympic Games London, England) 2012 : (30th :
City planning--England--London.
Urban renewal--England--London.
Olympics--History--Case studies.
East End (London, England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
East End (London, England)--Environmental conditions.
GV722-2012. / O48 2009
796.48