This paper assesses the outcomes of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia,
examining the costs and economic impacts of the event, the prospects for the long-term use …

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 …

This article reviews how sport has been engaged in urban geography and related fields.
Across the social sciences, there has been an explosion of research on “sporting mega …

Within events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and
content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major …

This paper presents a case study of urban boosterism in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and
Turkmenistan–three resource-rich states around the Caspian Sea. Boosterist projects are …

This timely book analyses the status of hydrocarbon energy in Russia as both a saleable
commodity and as a source of societal and political power. Through empirical studies in …

President Vladimir Putin's Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid
display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize Russia's return to great power …

What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events
such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global …

This article explores the relationships between sport, space and state in the 2014 Sochi
Winter Olympics. While the extant literature has predominantly attributed the Russian …

This study goes beyond the crisis-based understanding of spatial fix to consider a holistic
exploration of capital accumulation and urban land development in association with a mega …