Mega-events and Urban Image Construction: Beijing and Rio De Janeiro - Couverture souple

Broudehoux, Anne-Marie

 
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Synopsis

The focus of this book is the influence of mega-events in the transformation of image construction practices in their host cities. It uses the idea of urban image construction as a lens through which to examine the spectacles of mega-events, with chapters exploring different themes that compose the imagineering process. The physical and social d

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À propos de l?auteur

Anne-Marie Broudehoux is Associate Professor at the School of Design of the University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada. She received her doctoral degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002. She is the author of The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing (2004), which was awarded the 2004-2005 International Planning History Society (IPHS) book prize in 2006. She has published several book chapters and articles on processes related to urban image construction in the context of mega-event preparation, on aspects ranging across tourism development, planning, architecture and social reforms, especially in Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.

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9781138228177: Mega-events and Urban Image Construction: Beijing and Rio De Janeiro

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138228176 ISBN 13 :  9781138228177
Editeur : Routledge, 2017
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