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Past Carbon Emissions and Future Targets for the Olympic Games
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract The global visibility and political weight of the Olympic Games can inspire climate change action. Yet, at the same time, the Olympics are also significant carbon emitters. To date, however, there is a lack of a systematic assessment of past carbon emissions and extrapolation of future targets considering international agreements.
David Gogishvili, Martin Müller
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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How to optimise tournament draws: The case of the FIFA World Cup
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract The organisers of major sports competitions use different policies with respect to constraints in the group draw. Our paper aims to rationalise these choices by analysing the trade‐off between attractiveness (the number of games played by teams from the same geographic zone) and fairness (the departure of the draw mechanism from a uniform ...
László Csató
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Nauka v Olimpijskom Sporte, 2016 The paper attempts to provide an evidence-based forecast for the development of the Olympic Games for the next 16-20 years using the methods of virtual simulation, content analysis and retrospective analysis.
Валентин Зуев +1 more
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The Economic Impact of Olympic Games: Evidence from Stock Markets [PDF]
By means of an event study of stock market reactions to the announcement of the Olympic Games host cities, we find a significant and positive announcement effect of hosting the Summer Games, with a cumulative abnormal return of about 2% within a few days.
Dick, Christian D., Wang, Qingwei
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People, place, enterprise: proceedings of the first annual conference on Olympic Legacy 8 and 9 May 2008 [PDF]
, 2009 The Olympic Legacy: People, Place, Enterprise conference took place at the University of Greenwich in May 2008. The first in a series of annual conferences, it brought together leading academics, policy makers and practitioners to debate the lasting ...
Bladen, Charles +2 more
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The article contributes to the emerging scholarly literature on how European democracies respond to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), whilst focusing on a single case study of France. It asks how France responded to Russian FIMI and why this response has become more forceful and comprehensive over time.
Agnieszka K. Cianciara
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An Analytical Overview of the Rebirth of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement
ACROSS, 2022 Collective mentality, due to specialized literature together with media, perpetuated the idea that the rebirth of the Olympic Games and the opening of the modern era in this respect is to be exclusively attributed to Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863 ...
Gheorghe BRANIȘTE, Dr
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Meta-evaluation of the impacts and legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games : Developing methods paper [PDF]
, 2012 This report brings together the interim findings from the Developing Meta-Evaluation Methods study, which is being undertaken in conjunction with the Meta-Evaluation of the Impacts and Legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Gough, David, Martin, Steve
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Influence of Chronotype on Cycling Performance in Simulated 20‐km Time Trials—A Pilot Study
Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.Evening‐type athletes show improved cycling performance later in the day, whilst morning types peak earlier. These differences appear linked to variations in mental readiness and sleepiness, highlighting the importance of considering chronotype in performance planning.
Sabrina Forster +6 more
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