Spectacular Beijing: The Conspicuous Construction of an Olympic Metropolis

Broudehoux, Anne-Marie

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9906.2007.00352.x

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“…A globalização é ela própria vista como impulsora da reestruturação urbana. Essa presença da globalização na transformação das cidades é visível e tem sido assinalada no 'urbanismo de megaeventos ' (Beriatos & Gospodini, 2004;Broudehoux, 2007), no aumento de escala e financeirização do imobiliário e no investimento em projetos icónicos (Barata Salgueiro, 1994;Sklair, 2006;Fainstein, 2008), ou ainda na globalização da gentrificação (Smith, 2002;Rofe, 2003).…”

Section: Reeestruturação Urbana Globalização Neoliberal E Políticas unclassified

O Hotel Santiago De Alfama Como Alegoria Da Política Recente De Regeneração Urbana

Safara

Brito-Henriques

2018

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RESUMO -Este artigo tem por objetivo discutir a turistificação urbana, nas suas relações com o urbanismo neoliberal e a reestruturação urbana no capitalismo globalizado, procurando mais particularmente averiguar o papel que a iniciativa JESSICA, enquanto instrumento de política neoliberal para a regeneração urbana, teve na turistificação da cidade de Lisboa. O artigo baseia -se numa metodologia de investigação micro -geográfica, procedendo a um estudo de caso detalhado, com a reconstituição da biografia de um edifício que foi recentemente convertido para hotel de luxo com financiamento JESSICA. O estudo mostra que, nessa mudança funcional, ocorreu uma elitização do local, e que a turistificação veio ocupar o vazio deixado após um longo período de desinvestimento e abandono gradual do edifício. O estudo conclui ainda que a turistificação deve ser vista como uma consequência e um reflexo da globalização na transformação da cidade, e que o fundo JESSICA não encaminhou mas antes se limitou a coadjuvar uma intenção de investimento que já estava latente.Palavras -chave: turistificação; regeneração urbana; iniciativa JESSICA; biografia de edifícios. ABSTRACT -THE SANTIAGO DE ALFAMA HOTEL AS AN ALLEGORY OF THERECENT URBAN REGENERATION POLICY. This paper aims to discuss the process of urban touristification, and its relationship with neoliberal urbanism and urban restructuring in the era of global capitalism. In particular, the paper examines the role played by the Jessica initiative, as an instrument of neoliberal policy for the urban regeneration, in the touristification of the Lisbon city. This paper is based on a micro -geographical investigation, in which a detailed case study was conducted to reconstitute the biography of a building that has recently been converted into a luxury hotel using Jessica financing. The study shows that under this functional change there was an elitization of the locale and that touristification filled the void left after a long period of disinvestment and a gradual abandonment of the building. The study concludes that touristification should be seen as a consequence and a reflection of globalizing processes underlying the transformation of the city. The Jessica Fund did not guide but merely assist the investment intention that was already latent.Keywords: Touristification; urban regeneration; JESSICA initiative; house biographies.RESUMÉ -L'HÔTEL SANTIAGO DE ALFAMA, EN TANT QUE SYMBOLE DE LA POLITIQUE RÉCENTE DE RÉGÉNÉRATION URBAINE. On a cherché ici à comprendre le phénomène de «touristification» urbaine, dans le cadre de l'urbanisation néolibérale et de la restructuration urbaine liée au capitalisme mondialisé. On a cherché en particulier quel fut le rôle de l'initiative JESSICA, cet instrument de la politique néolibérale pour la rénovation urbaine, dans la «touristification» de la ville de Lisbonne. La méthode de recherche a été micro -géographique, par la réalisation d'une étude de cas détaillée, la reconstitution «biographique» d'un immeuble récemment converti en hôtel de luxe grâce ...

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O Hotel Santiago De Alfama Como Alegoria Da Política Recente De Regeneração Urbana

Safara

Brito-Henriques

2018

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“…Athens spent close to $16 billion in large-scale public investments in water supply, mass transit and airport connections to get ready for the 2004 Games. Beijing undertook a building frenzy with an estimated $40 billion of Olympic-related buildings and infrastructure including a new expressway and ring roads, miles of rail and subway tracks, and a $2.2 billion new airport that is the largest in the world (Butler, 2006;Broudehoux, 2007;Ren, 2008).…”

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Globalization, cities and the Summer Olympics

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This study examines the relationship between the increasing globalization of the Summer Olympics and the effect on host cities. The impact of the Games on city structure, the competition to host the Games, the selling of the Games to urban communities and the opportunities, the dangers of the city as a focus of global media attention and the role of the Games in the global city imaginary are critically discussed.

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“…Lula's great ambition was to take Brazil out of the shadow of being the eternal 'land of the future' (Zweig 2017) to becoming an economic and political power to be reckoned with. His hope was that the 2016 Olympics would become a stamp of approval on the South American giant's coming of age, just as the Beijing Olympics of 2008 marked China's revival as a world power (Broudehoux 2007). Rio's local level government, on the other hand, had its own interests in hosting these events.…”

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Urban Development in Rio de Janeiro During the ‘Pink Tide’: Bridging Socio-Spatial Divides Between the Formal and Informal City?

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2017

The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America

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Spectacular Beijing: The Conspicuous Construction of an Olympic Metropolis

Cited by 158 publications

References 21 publications

O Hotel Santiago De Alfama Como Alegoria Da Política Recente De Regeneração Urbana

O Hotel Santiago De Alfama Como Alegoria Da Política Recente De Regeneração Urbana

Globalization, cities and the Summer Olympics

Urban Development in Rio de Janeiro During the ‘Pink Tide’: Bridging Socio-Spatial Divides Between the Formal and Informal City?

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