Mega-Events and Legacies in Post-Metropolitan Spaces Expos and Urban
This book offers new perspectives through which to observe and interpret mega-events. Using the specific case studies of World’s Fairs, Di Vita and Morandi present a report of the Milan Expo 2015 and its trans-scalar legacies. While the event and post-eve
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MEGA-EVENTS AND LEGACIES IN POST-METROPOLITAN SPACES Expos and Urban Agendas
Stefano Di Vita Corinna Morandi
Mega Event Planning Series Editor Eva Kassens-Noor Michigan State University East Lansing MI, USA
The Mega Event Planning Pivot series will provide a global and crossdisciplinary view into the planning for the worlds largest sporting, religious, cultural, and other transformative mega events. Examples include the Olympic Games, Soccer World Cups, Rugby championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Hajj, the World Youth Day, World Expositions, and parades. This series will critically discuss, analyze, and challenge the planning for these events in light of their legacies including the built environment, political structures, socio-economic systems, societal values, personal attitudes, and cultures. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14808
Stefano Di Vita · Corinna Morandi
Mega-Events and Legacies in Post-Metropolitan Spaces Expos and Urban Agendas
Stefano Di Vita Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy
Corinna Morandi Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy
Mega Event Planning ISBN 978-3-319-67767-5 ISBN 978-3-319-67768-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67768-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017952833 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © nemesis2207/Fotolia.co.uk Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
The literature about mega-events and their legacies has grown in many directions in the last years. It rang
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