Print Email Facebook Twitter Urban strategies and post-event legacy: The case of summer Olympic cities Title Urban strategies and post-event legacy: The case of summer Olympic cities Author Chen, Y. Faculty Architecture Department Real Estate and Housing Date 2012-07-11 Abstract Mega-event strategies and their impact on host cities have drawn increasing interest, as organising large-scale urban events has become part of a deliberate urban policy strategy to promote local economic growth, improve the city image and put the host city on the world agenda. Most cities stressed exploring city marketing and reimaging effect of these mega events, like the construction of iconic flagship projects or large scale facilities and infrastructures; however, limited attention has been paid towards what legacies these strategies have created on host cities’ long-term development, like the post-use of event venues, facilities and related infrastructure. Even less attention was paid toward the longterm effect of these mega-events on host cities’ economic growth, social development and environmental upgrading. This research critically examines the use of mega event strategy in urban development process in the Summer Olympic host cities since 1992 and the legacy left after the Games was over. Data has been collected through fieldwork and literature review. The research identifies urban strategies different host cities have adopted on program definition, organisation structure and development process and evaluate their effect on post-event legacy. This paper suggests that, although host cities may emphasize one particular perspective, it is important for host cities to take a more integral approach to guide the whole process from pre-event preparation and event hosting to post-event development. Such approach may take more care of the balance development of the host cities in economic, social and environmental perspectives and have better chances in sustaining mega-event impact. In particular, urban strategies should pay attention to the establishment of economic functions, social integration and sustainable re-use of post physical legacy in the long-term. Subject Summer Olympic Gamesurban strategypost-event legacyBarcelonaBeijing To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f53b394d-8450-4750-81f1-417331d70e9f Source AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) 26th Annual Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 11-15 July 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 Chen, Y. Files PDF 286515.pdf 216.55 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f53b394d-8450-4750-81f1-417331d70e9f/datastream/OBJ/view