From Ephemeral Planning to Permanent Urbanism: An Urban Planning Theory of Mega-Events
Abstract: Mega-events like the Olympic Games are powerful forces that shape cities. In the wake of mega-events, a variety of positive and negative legacies have remained in host cities. In order to bring some theoretical clarity to debates about legacy creation, I introduce the concepts of the mega-event utopia, dystopia and heterotopia. A mega-event utopia is ideal and imaginary urbanism embracing abstract concepts about economies, socio-political systems, spaces, and societies in the host during events. The mega-event utopia (in contrast to other utopian visions other stakeholders may hold) is dictated by the desires of the mega-event owners irrespective of the realities in the event host. In short, a mega-event utopia is the perfect event host from the owner’s perspective. Mega-event utopias are suggested as a theoretical model for the systematic transformation of their host cities. As large-scale events progress as ever more powerful transformers into this century, mega-event dystopias h
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Urban Planning ; 1 (2016) 1 ; 41-54
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Mannheim
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2016
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10.17645/up.v1i1.532
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051816393691919708
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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