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Olympic cities : 2012 and the remaking of London / edited by Gavin Poynter and Iain MacRury.

Contributor(s): Poynter, Gavin, 1949- | MacRury, IainSeries: Design and the built environment seriesPublication details: Farnham, England ; Ashgate, c2009. Description: xvi, 333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9780754671008 (hbk.)Subject(s): Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England) | City planning -- England -- London | Urban renewal -- England -- London | Olympics -- History -- Case studies | East End (London, England) -- Buildings, structures, etc | East End (London, England) -- Environmental conditionsDDC classification: 796.48 LOC classification: GV722-2012. | O48 2009
Contents:
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.
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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.