Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games

Planning Legacies
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-38552-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 60 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 147 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Geography

This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28’s argument “we have staged the Games before, we can do it again” compelling. Setting the bid’s promises into the contemporary local and global mega-event contexts, the author analyzes why LA won the bids, how those wins allowed LA to negotiate concessions with the IOC and NOC, and how legacies were planned, executed, and ultimately evolved. The author concludes with a prediction which 2028 legacy promises might and might not be fulfilled given the local and international Olympic contexts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kassens Noor, Eva

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- 1 Introduction.- 2. The Los Angeles Olympics 1932.- 3 The Los Angeles Olympics 1984.- 4 The Los Angeles Olympics 2028.- 5 Similarities and differences between the three LA Olympics.- 6 Conclusionf: Legacies of the 2028 Olympics.- Index.- Acronyms.

Über Autor(innen)

Eva Kassens Noor is Associate Professor at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.