This dissertation examines the role of spectacle events in global cities and the elite-driven
transformation of the Olympic Games into producers of the urban image, with implications for …

This dissertation consists of a critical examination of the City of Vancouver's urban policies
during a significant era of urban governance: the lead up to the 2010 Winter Olympic and …

Olympic moving images–and their associated large and small screen manifestations in the
city–take place. Yet, how is this taking and making of place through screen media and their …

This chapter analyses the case of the Milan Expo 2015 and ongoing post-Expo phase by
focusing specifically on their connections to the Milan urban region: that is, a post …

This study examines community development of a small town in South Korea,
PyeongChang, host community for the 2018 Winter Olympics, focusing on the global and …

The goal of this research is to understand the role, influence, and attitudes of downtown
Atlanta business elites on downtown redevelopment policies. The downtown business elites …

Early research on the nature of opposition to hosting the Olympics in American cities
suggested that opponents sought only to mitigate specific impacts of the event rather than try …

4 La préparation et l'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques peut être un
moteur important des politiques urbaines de développement des transports et de …

Abstract Amid the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, strategic policy
reforms at the federal, state, and municipal levels have reordered and re-purposed the …

With audiences estimated to consist of well over half of the global population, the Olympic
Games are premiere global communication events. In this project, the London 2012 …