Between Discourse and Reality: The Un-Sustainability of Mega-Event Planning
The zero-sum nature of mega-event hosting encourages cities to escalate investment with an eye towards convincing event rights holders that a positive outcome will result. The discursive frameworks of “legacy” and “sustainability”, the global competition to attract events and the compressed event ho...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Sustainability |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/5/9/3926 |