Governance of Post-Winter Olympic Games Legacies - Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, PyeongChang 2018

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of post-Games legacy governance including stakeholder relationships, institutional conditions, and policy environments, while also empirically exploring the modes of governance employed by select cases of the Winter Olympic Games. This work offers insights to help practitioners develop and manage the governance of legacy more effectively. Theoretical and methodological implications, as well as future avenues of research are suggested. 

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games: Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation.- Chapter 3 The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games: Whistler Sport Legacies.- Chapter 4 The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games: LIFT Impact Partners.- Chapter 5 The 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games: PyeongChang Legacy Foundation.- Chapter 6 Discussion and Conclusion.

About the author

Jinsu Byun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sport Industry Studies at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. 

Becca Leopkey is an Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA.  

Mathew Dowling is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. 

Product details

• Authors: Jinsu Byun, Mathew Dowling, Becca Leopkey
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2024
• EAN: 9789819730100
• ISBN: 978-981-9730-10-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 215 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Mega Event Planning
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches