Main entry:

Vrijaldenhoven, Tim van.

Title & Author:

Reaching beyond the gold : the impact of global events on urban development / Tim van Vrijaldenhoven ; [copy editor, John Kirkpatrick.

Publication:

Rotterdam : 010 Pub., 2007.

Description:

222 pages : coll. illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Reaching Beyond the Gold assesses the influence of global events on urban development. Six cities - Genoa, Barcelona, Athens, Bilbao, Shanghai and London - have been chosen as case studies"--Page 4 of cover
[The book] "assessess the influence of global events on urban development. Six cities--Genoa, Barcelona, Athens, Bilbao, Shanghai and London--have been chosen as case studies"--P.4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220).
Introduction : Six cities ; Global events ; The World Expo ; The Olympic Games ; Capital of culture ; Database -- Historical comparative analysis : Age of liberalism, 1851-1914 ; Age of world wars, 1914-1989 ; Age of neo-liberalism, 1989-2012 -- Statistics -- Focus on six cities : Genoa ; Barcelona ; Athens ; Bilbao ; Shanghai ; London -- Conclusions.

Summary:

The five cities under the spotlight here - Genoa, Barcelona, Athens, Bilbao, and Shanghai - were chosen because they have all recently hosted a global event or will do so in the near future. After an introduction of the characteristics and impact of global events in general, the history of each city is sketched and the political and urban implications of the events are examined. Three key aspects - organization, management and city marketing - are dwelt on at length. The conclusions that this study draws can help put an end to the structural errors made in the organization of large scale events.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9789064506147 (paperback)
9064506140 (paperback)

Subject:

Forum Barcelona 2004
Urbanization Case studies.
Urban policy Case studies.
City planning Case studies.
Architecture and globalization Case studies.
Urbanisation Études de cas.
Politique urbaine Études de cas.
Architecture et mondialisation Études de cas.
Architecture and globalization.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Urbanization.
Stadtforschung
Großveranstaltung
Internationaler Vergleich
Stadtentwicklung

Form/genre:

Genua (2004)
Case studies.

Added entries:

Kirkpatrick, John.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255742
Call No.: BIB 186018
Status: Available