The international debate about “Mega Events ” (Olympics, Soccer World Cup, World Expos…) shows a broader differentiation considering the concepts utilized and the classifications proposed. Mega Events, Big Events, Hallmark Events, Special Events, and so on, are used to define such phenomena, with some risks of overlapping meanings. The paper begins discussing how some variables deal with Mega Events, as high political and international significance, media coverage, uniqueness and popular appeal. And a Mega Event can be considered a cathalyst of urban change and an occasion of creation of a new identity for the hosting city. These considerations can be proposed and applied to the case of Turin, the Piedmont capital, that will host next Win...
Considering the increasing focus on mega-events studies, in parallel to the growing interest demonst...
The spread of new communication tools has "eaten away" at mega events and their strong symbolic valu...
Over the decades, Turin has dealt with periodic social and economic crises, continuously questioning...
Abstract. Considering the increasing focus on mega-events studies, in parallel to the growing intere...
The chapter presents some reflexions on the mega event as a process of "production of territory". Th...
The Olympic Games offer a significant opportunity for the development of the tourism industry in the...
For a long period, hosting the Olympic Games has been viewed as an opportunity to promote and accele...
The architecture realised for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games is the most visible aspect of a change t...
Mega-events, as the Olympic Games, receive an increasing attention in the debate about urban transfo...
Abstract only in English, article in Italian.Big events, such as Olympic Games, Universal Exposition...
In una realtà sempre più globalizzata e di competizione tra città, ospitare un mega-evento è un’oppo...
This chapter of a handbook of Olympic studies is devoted to 20th Olympic Games, Turin 2006. In parti...
The relationship between mega-events and cities is changing due to growing criticism and delegitimiz...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of metropolitan cities around the world. T...
Mega-events, as the Olympic Games, receive an increasing attention in the debate about urban transfo...
Considering the increasing focus on mega-events studies, in parallel to the growing interest demonst...
The spread of new communication tools has "eaten away" at mega events and their strong symbolic valu...
Over the decades, Turin has dealt with periodic social and economic crises, continuously questioning...
Abstract. Considering the increasing focus on mega-events studies, in parallel to the growing intere...
The chapter presents some reflexions on the mega event as a process of "production of territory". Th...
The Olympic Games offer a significant opportunity for the development of the tourism industry in the...
For a long period, hosting the Olympic Games has been viewed as an opportunity to promote and accele...
The architecture realised for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games is the most visible aspect of a change t...
Mega-events, as the Olympic Games, receive an increasing attention in the debate about urban transfo...
Abstract only in English, article in Italian.Big events, such as Olympic Games, Universal Exposition...
In una realtà sempre più globalizzata e di competizione tra città, ospitare un mega-evento è un’oppo...
This chapter of a handbook of Olympic studies is devoted to 20th Olympic Games, Turin 2006. In parti...
The relationship between mega-events and cities is changing due to growing criticism and delegitimiz...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of metropolitan cities around the world. T...
Mega-events, as the Olympic Games, receive an increasing attention in the debate about urban transfo...
Considering the increasing focus on mega-events studies, in parallel to the growing interest demonst...
The spread of new communication tools has "eaten away" at mega events and their strong symbolic valu...
Over the decades, Turin has dealt with periodic social and economic crises, continuously questioning...