The study of sport event legacies has grown rapidly since 2000 across a number of
disciplines related to planning and hosting large-scale sport events. However, to date, there …

Hosting a mega-event such as the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is a defining moment for
Qatar, a country that is in transition, small in size and population, and rich in natural gas …

This paper aimed to examine residents' attitudes and perceptions of the social and cultural
impacts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and to understand the legacy dimensions of this sport …

Book Introductions should aim to answer three main questions, namely, why the book has
been written (and thus relatedly why it might possibly be of interest to readers), what it is …

Much has been written about the legacies of Olympic Games but there have been little
efforts to synthesize current knowledge. This has led to inconsistencies in defining …

This article reviews recent scholarship on the urban politics of mega-events. Mega-events
have long been promoted as drivers of urban development, based on their potential to …

Legacy has become a watchword of hosting mega-events in recent years, used to justify
massive spending and far-reaching urban transformations. However, academic studies of …

Since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016
Olympic Games, large-scale transportation infrastructures have been transforming the city …

The aim of this article is to explore Olympic-led sport policy changes (as part of Olympic
legacy) for China triggered by the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympic …

Mega-events like the Olympic Games are powerful forces that shape cities. In the wake of
mega-events, a variety of positive and negative legacies have remained in host cities. In …