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Can I read Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space : Lasting Legacies? on EtoBox?
Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space : Lasting Legacies? by Robert Oliver,John Lauermann (auth.) is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space : Lasting Legacies? about?
This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled from one bid project to the next. As Olympic bids become more deeply embedded in urban development and bid tea
Who reads Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space : Lasting Legacies??
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert Oliver,John Lauermann (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781137598226
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Business, Management
- Updated
- 2026-03-25