London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City

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This book brings together a body of new research which looks both backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise. Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the London experience and aptly apply them other host cities, specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often described as a ‘mega-event’ in a way that assumes the host cities have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration project that was different to what had come before. This time the mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be replaced by civic participation, communication and ‘the local’. This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy really is different. In so doing, it bringsfresh evidence, original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban planning, and sports studies. 
This book brings together a body of new research which looks both backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise. Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the London experience and aptly apply them other host cities, specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often described as a ‘mega-event’ in a way that assumes the host cities have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration project that was different to what had come before. This time the mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be replaced by civic participation, communication and ‘the local’. This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy really is different. In so doing, it bringsfresh evidence, original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban planning, and sports studies. 
Provides critical analysis of the successes and failures of the London 2012 Olympics Compares how the 2012 Olympic Games differ from previous and planned Olympic mega-events in similar host cities Questions how mega-events spark urban regeneration and assesses what this means for local people

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Phil Cohen

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“London 2012 is full of important information and critical analysis with plenty of ideas for future work. Its bibliographies will be indispensable for students and researchers. The book will be of great value to planners, sociologists, urban geographers and all with a deep concern for London and for ‘Post-Olympic Studies’.” (Hugh Clout, Cercles, cercles.com, 2017)
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“This book is essential reading for those who wish to understand the true legacies of the London Olympics 2012 for the people and places of East London.  It is one of the first books to put the Olympic developments into a proper historical and comparative context.  Its powerful contributions to empirical and conceptual debates on urban development could not be more timely, in a world in which the messages of globalism and diversity that characterised the London Games seem to be under attack as never before.” (Mike Raco, Professor of Urban Governance and Regeneration, University College London)                                                                                                                                                                                    

“London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City makes a vital contribution to scholarship on the impacts of the Olympics on host cities, but with a twist: its focus on the years following the Olympics is unique and much needed. …Through careful empirical and visual documentation of Olympic promises and post-Games realities -- ranging from housing to employment to security to health – the collection paints a graphic portrait of East London in the years following the 2012 Summer Games. The picture is not a pretty one; importantly, it flies in the face of both official post-Games reports and self-congratulatory media declarations. This is why this particular set of counter-stories is so essential: to debunk the myth of an Olympics that was of benefit to all. Cohen and Watt … have also traced the borders for a new disciplinary domain of Post-Olympic Urban Studies that I predict will explode in the years to come.” (Dr. Jacqueline Kennelly, Carleton University, author of Olympic Exclusions: Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies)

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