Leveraging Legacies from Sports Mega-Events: Concepts and Cases

by Jonathan Grix

Book Overview

This volume offers a panoramic and interdisciplinary view of the growing field of Sports Mega-Event studies. Contributions explore leveraging strategies and the legacies from previous sports megas (London, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver) and recent and future 'emerging' states and their hosting strategies (India, China, Qatar, Russia, Brazil).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113737117X
• ISBN13: 9781137371171
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"