ABSTRACT
What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played? How can the vast expense of mounting such events be justified? What if there is nothing left behind or what if the legacy is negative, a costly infrastructure which is unused or a debt-ridden host city? The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy addresses perhaps the most important issue in the hosting of major contemporary sporting events: the problem of ‘legacy’. It offers a rigorous, innovative and comparative insight into this contested concept from interdisciplinary and practical perspectives.
Major events must now have a conscious, credible and defined policy for legacy to meet public expectations. The book provides a comprehensive survey of the various kinds of legacy that can be delivered, as well as a close examination of the potential benefits and practical challenges involved in each. From ‘hard’ legacies, such as stadia and infrastructure, to ‘soft’ legacies including skill development, attitude change and capacity building, the book offers both a historical case study and an innovative strategic management approach, and establishes the limits of what can realistically be achieved in terms of economic, social, cultural, physical and sporting development.
The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy includes contributions from world leading scholars and practitioners and features detailed case studies of major sports events from around the world, including the FIFA World Cup and ten Olympics Games from London in 1908 to London 2012. It is invaluable reading for students and researchers working in sport studies, events management, human geography, economics or planning, and an essential reference for any professional engaged in delivering legacy through sport.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |10 pages
Reflections on Legacy, Olympic Cities and London 2012
part I|69 pages
Planning and governance of legacy
chapter 1|17 pages
A Strategic and Pluralistic Approach to Planning Legacy
chapter 2|13 pages
Economic Legacy to Cities From Hosting Mega Sports Events
chapter 4|12 pages
A Stakeholder Analysis of the Governance of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
part II|61 pages
Urbanisation and legacy
chapter 6|12 pages
Sydney Olympic Park 2000 to 2010
chapter 8|11 pages
The Legacy of Memory
part III|69 pages
Social and cultural legacies
chapter 13|13 pages
Cultural Olympiad or an Olympics for Cultural Regeneration?
chapter 14|15 pages
Major Sporting Events and Long-Lasting Tourism Impacts
chapter 15|12 pages
A Socially Responsible Business Legacy
part IV|68 pages
Human capital and legacy
chapter 16|14 pages
City Capacity Building – Preparing to Exploit the Legacy of a Large-Scale Sports Event
chapter 17|14 pages
Transferring Knowledge, Know-How and Capability
chapter 18|12 pages
From the First Soccer Women’s World Championship in 1991 to the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008
chapter 19|13 pages
Learning Disability Sport, Volunteers and Legacy
part V|63 pages
The politics and image of legacy