Sports Mega-Events and Urban Legacies The 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nobre, Eduardo Alberto Cusce (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Mega Event Planning
• Subjects: Geography.; Urban geography.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Sociology, Urban.; Economic development.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Regional Development.

This book examines the urban legacy of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil across the seven cities that hosted matches. The authors, all experts and natives of South America, analyse the context and impacts of hosting the World Cup for each of the host cities. The chapters use a range of backgroun...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil: Hosting a Sport Mega-Event in a BRIC Context
• Chapter 2. Belo Horizonte: The Urban Impact and Contested Legacy of a Mega-Event
• Chapter 3. Fortaleza: Real Estate Appreciation, Removals and Conflicts
• Chapter 4. Natal: Football, Urban Coalitions, Real Estate: New and Old Relations
• Chapter 5. Porto Alegre: The Entrepreneurial City
• Chapter 6. Recife: Much to do about Nothing
• Chapter 7. Rio de Janeiro: Social and Urban Impacts of the Maracanã Stadium Renovation
• Chapter 8. São Paulo: Sports Mega-Events and the East Zone Local Development
• Chapter 9. The Cup Final Score: What went wrong?.