Mega‐events, Urban Development, and Public Policy

Burbank, Matthew J.; Andranovich, Greg; Heying, Charles H.

doi:10.1111/j.1541-1338.2002.tb00301.x

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“…Both abstract from particular urban sites to broad claims on the urban, by casting individual projects as crucial to solving citywide governance problems. Drawing on urban regime theory (Burbank, Andranovich, & Heying, 2002;Cochrane, Peck, & Tickell, 1996), urban studies scholarship has long highlighted the role of megaevent planning in the portfolios of entrepreneurial urban governments. In their frequently cited commentary on "mega-event strategy," Andranovich and colleagues (2001, p. 127) describe this dynamic as one in which City leaders see the Olympic Games in strategic terms, providing opportunities to gain regional, national, and international media exposure at low cost.…”

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“The city” as developmental justification: claimsmaking on the urban through strategic planning

Lauermann

2015

Urban Geography

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Municipal governments produce a seemingly endless supply of urban strategic plans, which purport to define the city by making claims on its future development trajectories. Critics note that this claimsmaking on "the city" renders it conceptually vacuous and overextended. Yet it is essential to question the degree to which speculative policymaking is merely rhetorical. Discursive claimsmaking on the city through strategic planning documents is an important technique in urban politics-a form of targeted simplification that benefits particular stakeholders by defining the city around sites in which they are invested. Bids to host sporting "mega-events" like the Olympic Games are a case in point: event planning corporations routinely make claims on the city, which strategically simplify its forms and processes, often by defining the city in ways that mediate between particular land investment projects and broad visions for citywide development. The implication is that claimsmaking on the city through urban strategic planning is intentionally simplistic and acts as an ideological practice for justifying urban development projects.

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Section: "The City" As a Growth Coalition Projectmentioning

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“The city” as developmental justification: claimsmaking on the urban through strategic planning

Lauermann

2015

Urban Geography

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“…The international literature reveals a growing scepticism over the extent to which hosting mega-events potentially results in economic growth or significant developmental impacts (Humphreys and Prokopowicz 2007;Whitson and Horne 2006;Owen 2005;Black and van der Westhuizen 2004;Baade and Matheson 2004;Horne andManzenreiter 2004, 2006;Matheson and Baade 2004;Whitson 2004;Burbank et al 2002;Emery 2001;Jones 2001;Higham 1999). A host of scholars conclude that while there are some positive economic and legacy impacts (Lee and Taylor 2005;Ritchie 2000), the urban economic impact is variable, intangible and ambiguous at best (Andranovich et al 2001;Gratton et al 2000Gratton et al , 2001Gratton et al , 2006.…”

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Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications

2008

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This paper reflects on the trajectory that urban development associated with the 2010 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup has taken in South Africa. The argument suggests that a unique moment has been lost regarding the ability of the World Cup to serve as a catalyst for urban development. This notion is supported by a digest of the international literature which takes a cautious stance in its assessment of the benefits of mega-events. Hence, this paper posits that it is unlikely that poverty alleviation, as a result of fasttracking South Africa's urban development impetus, will constitute a significant outcome of the World Cup. Rather, development benefits in cities are likely to be fairly circumscribed. Legacy, the paper argues, should therefore advance beyond an exclusively pro-poor language. In this regard, vigorous public debate is required to arrive at a national consensus of what kind of legacy the 2010 FIFA World Cup is realistically able to achieve.

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“…The associated investments include accommodation, efficient transportation and telecommunications systems (Roche, 1992). It has also been suggested that cities/nations often bid to stage sports events solely in order to achieve regeneration plans and stimulate tourism in the post-event period (Essex and Chalkley, 1998;Chalkley and Essex, 1999;Burbank et al, 2002). The first Olympic host cities claiming to follow such a strategy were Rome (1960 Olympics) and Tokyo (1964 Olympics).…”

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National well-being and international sports events

Kavetsos

Szymanski²

2010

Journal of Economic Psychology

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The widely proclaimed economic benefits of hosting major sporting events have received substantial criticism by academic economists and have been shown to be negligible, at best. The aim of this paper is to formally examine the existence of another potential impact: national wellbeing or the so-called "feelgood" factor. Using data on self-reported life satisfaction (happiness) for twelve European countries we test for the impact of hosting and of national athletic success on happiness. Our data covers three different major events: the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. We find that the "feelgood" factor associated with hosting football events is large and significant, but that the impact of national athletic success on happiness, while correctly signed, is statistically insignificant. JEL Classification Codes: D60, I31, L83

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Mega‐events, Urban Development, and Public Policy

Cited by 88 publications

References 27 publications

“The city” as developmental justification: claimsmaking on the urban through strategic planning

“The city” as developmental justification: claimsmaking on the urban through strategic planning

Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications

National well-being and international sports events

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