When the Games Come to Town: Host Cities and the Local Impacts of the Olympics A report on the impacts of the Olympic Games and Paralympics on host cities Dr Mary Smith London East Research Institute Working Papers December 2008 1 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 2 Olympics as mega event – why they’re not just about sport 1. 3 What is legacy? Analysis and how to read the trends 1. 4 London’s background 1. 5 London’s bid 1. 6 Legacy’s legacy: heritage and the use of legacy as a policy tool
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INTRODUCTION: The face of the English countryside is strikingly prosperous with its distinctive landscape‚ and is greatly valued for personifying our cultural identity‚ and clenching major economic and environmental assets (Taylor‚ 2008). The English countryside comprises of around 16‚000 small towns‚ villages and hamlets and is home for over 12 million people and half a million businesses (TCPA‚ 2012). Gallent et al.‚ (2003) defines rural areas as places with less than 1‚000 inhabitants covering
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Post Office‚ 11101 Gantry cranes in Gantry Plaza State Park on the Long Island City waterfront Long Island City (L.I.C.) is the westernmost neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. L.I.C. is notable for its rapid and ongoing gentrification‚ its waterfront parks‚ and its thriving arts community.[1] L.I.C. has among the highest concentration of art galleries‚ art institutions‚ and studio space of any neighborhood in New York City.[2] The neighborhood is bounded on the north by the
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[pic] [pic] Jacqueline Calvo‚ BBus‚ CQU. ABSTRACT: Cultural industries implies a ‘massification’ of culture and entertainment‚ as such‚ festivals are found to be a cultural industry‚ involving large numbers of people working in organisation‚ administration‚ promotion‚ marketing‚ and the creative and performing arts. Festivals come in different forms including agricultural‚ cultural‚ historical‚ horticultural‚ and arts festivals to specific audiences and sub-cultures (fringe festivals). Culture
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Global Urban Development Volume 2 Issue 1 March 2006 BUILDING GENDER EQUALITY IN URBAN LIFE 1 GENDER EQUALITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL Monika Jaeckel and Marieke van Geldermalsen Introduction When looking at cities from a gender perspective‚ one of the main differences affecting the use of urban space is in terms of female and male care-giving roles and responsibilities. Due to the gender-specific division of labor‚ women do most of the direct care-giving
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GENERALIST PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS & COMMUNITIES As generalist‚ social workers operate from a base of diverse skills which enable them to help individuals with personal problems‚ while simultaneously confronting the larger issues which are problematic for communities or organizations. Based upon the Generalist Intervention Model‚ today’s social worker must be equipped with a skill set that is able to address micro‚ mezzo and macro systems in order to effect change and address issues at each
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Mumbai needs infrastructure Times of India By Ajit Krishnan Partner and Sector Leader‚ Real Estate and Infrastructure‚ Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. and Tarika Kumar Senior Associate‚ Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. What you see is what you believe and we believe that Mumbai needs urban infrastructure. It needs an upgraded urban infrastructure which can cater to demands of unimaginable proportions which no other city in the world has seen‚ because its challenges are unique and have not been witnessed
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UK Hotel Sector 2014: A focus on new markets and trends Read the Report rbs.co.uk/corporate Following years of slow recovery the hospitality sector witnessed a strong appetite for growth in 2013‚ a trend that is set to pick up pace in 2014. Thanks to the improving economic backdrop‚ this year we anticipate seeing the highest levels of average daily rates (ADR)‚ occupancy and revenues per available room (RevPAR) since 20081. However‚ despite improvements‚ the challenges of an increasingly competitive
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The Hipster Culture The coolness of New York is at a dangerous risk. What’s the danger? The answer is simple‚ Hipsters. Often referred to as bored‚ slacker trust-fund kids‚ the Hipster is a noticeably present subculture in New York City. Before coming to New York from a small college town in Texas‚ I had never even heard of these “hipsters.” From my first impression‚ they seemed to try so hard to be unique and “cool” by their own definition‚ which‚ for the most part‚ was an accurate assumption
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JUDICIOUS INCLUSION OF RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE INTO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION: The two primary parental forces in the nurturing of a budding architect’s soul Ar. Antara Nandy bubuildersconsultants@gmail.com Abstract Architecture is a creative and extremely challenging profession. An architect needs to possess the talents and prodigy of an artist as well as the stead-fastness and accurate decision-making abilities of a true professional. The study of architecture comprises of a unique blend
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