With appropriate planning and design, Olympic urban development has the potential to leave positive environmental legacies to the host city and contribute to environmental sustainability. This book explains how a modern Olympic games can successfully develop a more sustainable design approach by learning from the lessons of the past and by taking account of the latest developments. Itoffers an assessment tool that can be tailored to individual circumstance - atool which emerges from the analysis of previous summer games host cities andfrom techniques in environmental analysis and assessment. INDICE: Part 1: The Olympic Development Scenario 1. Introduction 2. Olympic History and its Urban Context Part 2: Olympic Design and Development: Past and Present 3. Urban Development 4. Sports Venue Design and Development 5. Olympic Village Design and Development 6. The Olympic Impact on Host Cities Part 3: Evaluating Olympic Urban Development for Sustainability 7. Infrastructural Requirements to Stage the Modern Games 8. Sustainable Olympic Urban Development9. Proposed Evaluation Framework for the Olympic City 10. The London 2012 Olympics 11. Conclusions and Recommendations
- ISBN: 978-0-415-46762-9
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 238
- Fecha Publicación: 15/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés