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Olympic legacy and cultural tourism: Exploring the facets of Athens' Olympic heritage [PDF]
, 2013 This study examines the effects of the Olympic Games on Athens’ cultural tourism and the city’s potential to leverage the Olympic legacy in synergy with its rich heritage in order to enhance its tourism product during the post-Games period.
Alexiou C. +36 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports sector by analyzing 28 semi‐structured interviews with athletes and sports federation employees.
Pascal Stegmann, Manuel Suter
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Looking back and ahead: lessons from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games [PDF]
, 2012 Hyun Bang Shin looks back at the Beijing Olympics to derive some indication of the what the legacy of the London Games might be. He warns that diversion of national resources may pose additional development opportunities for host cities, but constraints ...
Shin, Hyun Bang
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What is event led regeneration? Are we confusing terminology or will London 2012 be the first Games to truly benefit the local existing population? [PDF]
, 2010 The term regeneration means keeping the locality available for the same social classes and improving the infrastructure for their benefit, however examination of previous games including Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000 has shown evidence of renaissance ...
Sadd, Deborah
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Perinatal Post‐Anoxic Spinal Cord Injury: A Barrier to Pallidal Neuromodulation? About 2 Cases
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Marylou Grasso +4 more
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Toward a Sustainability Standard for Cultural Organizations: Borrowing From Tourism
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural organizations are increasingly engaging with sustainability, yet they lack a sector‐specific standard to guide and institutionalize efforts as long‐term strategies. This study reviews research papers on sustainability standards in the tourism sector, a field with greater experience with such tools, and horizontally borrows insights ...
Małgorzata Ćwikła, Leticia Labaronne
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The World Anti-Doping Code: Truths and Wrongs
Bezmiâlem Science, 2018 World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) is the unique authority to set the rules of doping and banned substances all around the World and the prohibited list is annually updated. It aims to prevent the use of the compounds that may increase athletic performance,
Akçahan GEPDİREMEN
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Assessing the Olympics: Preliminary Economic Analysis of a Boston 2024 Games Impacts, Opportunities and Risks [PDF]
, 2015 The possibility of hosting the Summer Games is sparking significant debate in our community about the potential benefits, costs, and risks associated with hosting the Olympics.
Andrew Hall +4 more
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Olympic rings of steel: Constructing security for 2012 and beyond [PDF]
, 2011 Academic and political commentators have commonly sought to understand the Olympics as a cultural dynamic, a "spectacle" that motivates certain actors to project their relative interests in localized spaces and as well on a global scale (Hiller
Coaffee, J, Fussey, P
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Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents a numerical and experimental study aimed at the modeling and dynamic characterization of the reinforced concrete structure of the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, designed and by Pier Luigi Nervi with Annibale Vitellozzi, and built by Nervi & Bartoli contractors in 1956‐57.
Jacopo Ciambella +2 more
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