Whilst the economic costs and benefits of mega-events to host cities and countries are well
documented, the evaluation and nature of the social impacts of such events are less clear …

Marijke Taksa*, Laurence Chalipb and B. Christine Greenb aDepartment of Kinesiology,
University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada; bDepartment of Recreation, Sport & Tourism …

Displacement has become one of the most prominent themes in contemporary geographical
debates, used to describe processes of dispossession and forced eviction at a diverse range …

Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned
events. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events …

This article examines the role of sporting mega-events in the reconfiguration of the urban
landscape, to understand some of their impacts upon social groups directly affected by large …

Names: Gold, John R., 1949–editor.| Gold, Margaret M., editor. Title: Olympic cities: city
agendas, planning and the world's games, 1896-2032/edited by John R. Gold and Margaret …

Much of the urban studies literature on the L ondon O lympics has focused on its social
legacies and the top‐down nature of policy agendas. This article explores one element that …

Local governments increasingly justify the hosting of mega-events because of their legacy
value, assuming that all local residents benefit from those events. Yet, little attention has …

At a cost of often more than US $10 billion, mega-events such as the Olympic Games and
the FIFA Men's World Cup are the single most transformative urban project in many host …

In an era of intense “entrepreneurial” city marketing, overt attempts to court LGBT consumers
and investors have been made not solely through the promotion of lesbian and gay arts …