Hosting the Olympic Games: The Real Costs for Cities

ISBN-13: 9780367670474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 114 str.

John Rennie Short

Opis

Written in an easily accessible style and format, it provides an in-depth critical analysis into the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s franchise model and offers an alternative vision for future Games. This book is an important contribution to understanding the consequences for the host cities of Olympic Games.

Spis treści

1. Setting The Scene  2. The Olympics: Past and Present  3. Financing the Games  4. Bidding  5. Rising Costs  6. Costs and Benefits  7. Urban Legacies  8. Alternatives to Event Capture  A Guide to Further Reading. 

O autorze

John Rennie Short is a Professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. His research interests include cities, history of cartography, and geopolitics. He has published widely in a range of journals and is the author of 47 books. His work has been translated into Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. His essays have appeared in Associated Press, Business Insider, Citiscope, City Metric, Market Watch, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, Quartz, Salon, Slate, Time, US News and World Report, Washington Post, and World Economic Forum.