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Managing the Impacts of Mega-Events: Towards Sustainable Legacies (CARNIVAL)
Start date: Nov 15, 2013, End date: Nov 14, 2017,
This IRSES project looks at why the economic and social impacts of mega events are often not realized to their full potential. The project also examines best practice in creating sustainable impacts for mega-events using a trans-continental perspective and considers cultural and other contextual differences in the perception and management of impacts. The partnership created to conduct this resear ...
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An investigation of the impact of multi-platform media coverage of the 2012 London Paralympic Games and the 2015 Toronto Parapan American Games upon perceptions of disability (LONTOR)
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,
There is a paucity of research on the social legacy impacts of sporting mega-events, particularly disability sport events such as the Paralympic Games and the Parapan American Games. This research will adopt a comparative case study approach by comparing the multi-platform media coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games two Games as a way to assess th ...
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From the East End of London to the Favelas of Rio de Janiero: The relevance and transferability of the social legacy programmes of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LONRIO)
Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,
The use of sporting and other mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of the raison d'être for hosting such events, especially given the immense costs involved and the current economic climate. The tax-paying public are increasingly having to be persuaded of the benefits, beyond the event itself, to spend the ...
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