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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165041203321

Autore

Broudehoux Anne-Marie

Titolo

Mega-events and urban image construction : Beijing and Rio de Janeiro / / Anne-Marie Broudehoux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-39330-1

1-315-39328-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City

Disciplina

307.760951/156

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban - China - Beijing

Sociology, Urban - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

City planning - China - Beijing

City planning - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Mega-events and urban image construction : a tale of two cities -- Mega-events and the production of mental place images -- Mega-events and physical image construction : between seduction and exclusion -- Mega-events and social image construction -- Contesting the mega-event spectacle : resistance to event-led urban image construction -- Analysis : urban image construction, revanchism and the neoliberal war on the poor.