Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage
Abstract Increasingly, cities have turned to mega-events as part of strategies to secure much desired global recognition and attract future economic investment. These events have a broad range of physical effects on the city and can also introduce new concepts of the city. For historic cities, mega-...
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| description | Abstract Increasingly, cities have turned to mega-events as part of strategies to secure much desired global recognition and attract future economic investment. These events have a broad range of physical effects on the city and can also introduce new concepts of the city. For historic cities, mega-events can potentially have a profound influence on the city’s urban heritage, both physically and how heritage comes to be understood and defined. Recent changing trends in mega-events could come to see them more closely integrated into the existing city fabric, making the potential impact of mega-events on built heritage more pronounced. One long-standing event embedded within the city fabric that serves as a noteworthy example is the European Capital of Culture (ECoC), operating for 30 years and travelling between more than 50 cities. The paper presents the European Capital of Cultures of Genoa 2004, Liverpool 2008 and Istanbul 2010 as three diverse cases with differing themes and roles for heritage in order to review the potential synergy or friction between events and heritage and calls for heritage actors to become more involved in these processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec814b1b6d634400a382e32a7dcb76232022-12-22T01:01:39ZengSpringerOpenBuilt Heritage2096-30412662-68022017-12-0114223610.1186/BF03545655Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban HeritageZachary Jones0Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di MilanoAbstract Increasingly, cities have turned to mega-events as part of strategies to secure much desired global recognition and attract future economic investment. These events have a broad range of physical effects on the city and can also introduce new concepts of the city. For historic cities, mega-events can potentially have a profound influence on the city’s urban heritage, both physically and how heritage comes to be understood and defined. Recent changing trends in mega-events could come to see them more closely integrated into the existing city fabric, making the potential impact of mega-events on built heritage more pronounced. One long-standing event embedded within the city fabric that serves as a noteworthy example is the European Capital of Culture (ECoC), operating for 30 years and travelling between more than 50 cities. The paper presents the European Capital of Cultures of Genoa 2004, Liverpool 2008 and Istanbul 2010 as three diverse cases with differing themes and roles for heritage in order to review the potential synergy or friction between events and heritage and calls for heritage actors to become more involved in these processes.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/BF03545655urban heritageheritage managementmega-eventsEuropean Capital of Culturecomparative case-studyGenoa |
| spellingShingle | Zachary Jones Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage Built Heritage urban heritage heritage management mega-events European Capital of Culture comparative case-study Genoa |
| title | Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage |
| title_full | Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage |
| title_fullStr | Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage |
| title_short | Synergies and Frictions between Mega-events and Local Urban Heritage |
| title_sort | synergies and frictions between mega events and local urban heritage |
| topic | urban heritage heritage management mega-events European Capital of Culture comparative case-study Genoa |
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