Mega-Event Simulacrum: Critical Reflections on the Sustainability Legacies of the World Cup 2018 for the Russian Host Cities

Ермолаева, Полина; Lind, A. R.

doi:10.1080/10758216.2020.1791185

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“…Vassiliadis et al [ 151 ], "accessibility", and "Favorable currency exchange rates" as Ratten et al [ 132 ], and "service quality of accommodation facilities" [ 147 , 157 ]. The authors of this paper found that from a perspective of people's decision-making processes has yet to be studied, creating a gap in the conceptualization and modelling of tourists' behaviour connected to events travel [ 21 , 41 ].…”

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An empirical investigation into people’s intention to participate in mega events tourism: applying mixture of two behavioral theoretical models

Halim

El-Deeb

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Futur Bus J

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The purpose of this research is to build and evaluate a theoretical model capable of forecasting public participation in mega events. This study predicts event tourism participation using a mixed behaviour model based on a trust model and a deliberate actions model. Using data from 261 local and international visitors, structural equation modelling was engaged to examine the study hypotheses. According to the study's results, observed benefits were positively connected with people’s perspective, but observed obstacles were negatively associated, and observed benefits had a positive influence on interactive mechanism and observed obstacles had a negative influence on interactive mechanism. Additionally, the study's results suggested that individuals' intention to participate in mega events was positively influenced by their observed benefits, perspective, interactive mechanism, and normative beliefs and negatively influenced by observed obstacles. Finally, we perceived that observed risk significantly moderated the associations between observed benefits, observed obstacles and perspective, observed benefits, observed obstacles and interactive, lastly, observed benefits, observed obstacles, perspective, interactive mechanism, normative beliefs and intention to participate in events. The research's outcomes have significant hypothetical and applied effects for mega-events travel.

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An empirical investigation into people’s intention to participate in mega events tourism: applying mixture of two behavioral theoretical models

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El-Deeb

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Futur Bus J

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“…In the early days, due to the limited number of participants, the Olympic Games were usually hosted by small cities, whereas after the 1970s, the scale of the competition became larger, and the host cities were mostly medium-sized and large cities [ 1 ]. Hosting the Olympic Games can improve the transportation of the host city [ 2 ] and enhance the possibility of sustainable development [ 3 ]. However, on the other hand, the environmental costs of hosting a sporting mega-event can be high [ 4 ].…”

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Influence of Beijing Winter Olympic Games Construction on Vegetation Coverage around Zhangjiakou Competition Zone

Zhang

2021

IJERPH

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There is a rising concern that Olympic venue construction may affect the surrounding environment. The construction of Winter Olympic venues and competition zones is more likely to degrade the surrounding natural environment than the summer counterpart, considering the prominent land use change and extensive vegetation disturbance during the construction of ski trails in mountainous areas. Scientific assessment of the impact of this Winter Olympic Games construction on the surrounding ecological environment can be of significance for the construction of a Green Olympics. At this stage, the main framework of venue and competition construction in Zhangjiakou for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games is essentially completed, so we assessed the vegetation coverage change conditions based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from 2000 to 2020. Our results show that the construction of venues, roads, and other facilities for the 2022 Olympic Games led to a remarkable change in land use, but the impacts on vegetation coverage were negligible in the surrounding area. Due to the intensive reforestation activities since the year that Beijing won the race to host the Winter Olympics, vegetation coverage continued to increase in the Zhangjiakou area, even in the core area of Winter Olympic Games construction zones. This study provides support to the belief in hosting a Green Olympics.

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“…Environment (incl. sustainability) Ermolaeva and Lind, 2021 Gulak-Lipka and Jagielski, 2020 Kim and Grix, 2021Kim et al, 2006Lee, 2019Melo et al, 2014Spanos et al, 2022Talavera et al, 2019Yoon and Wilson, 2019 Image/ brand The authors recommend that future legacy papers consider the paradoxes of development within underdevelopment among the…”

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The Legacy of Sport Events for Emerging Nations

Knott

Tinaz

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Large-scale and mega sport events (SMEs), such as Olympic Games and FIFA World Cups, have been more frequently hosted in emerging nations. Bidding and hosting SMEs is considered an object of policy for many emerging nations, with SMEs viewed as key factors in local and national development strategies. This has largely been driven by the assumption that their legacy provides solutions to economic, social, cultural, or political challenges. A variety of legacies have predominated the literature over the past two decades, however it is proposed that there is a difference in the types of legacies anticipated or realized within emerging nations. This exploratory study therefore aimed to determine the types of legacies anticipated or realized by emerging nations as a result of hosting sport events, and to determine if these differ from those of established nations. A systematic literature review followed the PRISMA approach to identify and select peer-reviewed articles that focused on legacies from major and mega-events hosted in emerging nations. A set of 97 publications were analyzed qualitatively to reveal the key legacy themes. The findings confirm legacy as a growing body of knowledge in emerging nations, aligned with increasing event hosting. The findings reveal insights on the extent of literature on this topic in emerging nations, including the major nations, events, authors and publications represented. While the paper cannot determine unique legacies for emerging nations, it identifies key legacy focus areas for these nations, primarily: social development; politics, soft-power and sport-for-peace; the economics of tourism, image and branding; infrastructure and urban development; and sport development. This paper proposes a conceptualization of key legacy areas for emerging nations and proposes future research themes. The paper is unique in its highlighting of the significance of legacy outcomes for emerging nations from the hosting of sport mega-events. It therefore contributes to a more nuanced understanding of and imperative for legacy from sport events globally.

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Mega-Event Simulacrum: Critical Reflections on the Sustainability Legacies of the World Cup 2018 for the Russian Host Cities

Cited by 10 publications

References 53 publications

An empirical investigation into people’s intention to participate in mega events tourism: applying mixture of two behavioral theoretical models

An empirical investigation into people’s intention to participate in mega events tourism: applying mixture of two behavioral theoretical models

Influence of Beijing Winter Olympic Games Construction on Vegetation Coverage around Zhangjiakou Competition Zone

The Legacy of Sport Events for Emerging Nations

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