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Sports Mega-Events and Urban Legacies

The 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Includes contributions from leading Brazilian scholars in Urban and Regional Studies, Architecture and Planning
  • Offers a timely contribution to a growing critical literature on sports mega events
  • Addresses political, social and economic issues which arise from the hosting of a mega-event

Part of the book series: Mega Event Planning (MEGAEP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

    • Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre
    Pages 1-23
  3. Belo Horizonte

    • Heloisa Soares de de Moura Costa, João Bosco Moura Tonucci Filho
    Pages 25-39
  4. Fortaleza

    • Luís Renato Bezerra Pequeno, Valéria Pinheiro
    Pages 41-61
  5. Natal

    • Alexsandro Ferreira Cardoso da Silva
    Pages 63-76
  6. Porto Alegre

    • João Farias Rovati, Clarice Misoczky de Oliveira
    Pages 77-95
  7. Recife

    • Flávio A.M. de Souza
    Pages 97-116
  8. Rio de Janeiro

    • Fabrício Leal de Oliveira, Fernanda Sánchez, Glauco Bienenstein, Giselle Tanaka
    Pages 117-136
  9. São Paulo

    • Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre, Jorge Bassani, Camila D’Ottaviano
    Pages 137-152
  10. The Cup Final Score

    • Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre
    Pages 153-160
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 161-163

About this book

This book examines the urban legacy of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil across the seven cities that hosted matches. The authors, all experts and natives of South America, analyse the context and impacts of hosting the World Cup for each of the host cities. The chapters use a range of background data and local knowledge and understanding to critically assess what benefits or disadvantages came along with bidding for and hosting World Cup final games, and importantly considers who the beneficiaries where and are.
It further provides detailed empirical evidence that highlights a growing trend in sporting mega events: the overestimation of benefits and an underestimation of costs involved in hosting. The book adds to the critical literature that provides a counterweight to governments' aspirations to use mega events for the purposes of development and/or globalization, irrespective of the views of their citizens.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre

About the editor

Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre is a Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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