Eleventh International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

The Olympic Games editions create a big urban transformation, which allows for a new critical perspective, concerning public services and management measures. I examine how management models will either prevent or increase the exploitation of the intangible benefits, necessarily associated with an Olympic event. Olympic Village are at the heart of the Olympic planning, as they constitute the citizens’ Olympic legacy. The purpose of my research is to demonstrate how socio-urban implications, impact, legacy and sustainability are fundamental aspects to be considered when planning and evaluating the Olympic Games. The analysis of the Olympic Village will also describe the obstacles around the creation of a new neighborhood and the linking network in the future Olympic city. The project involves a multi- and inter-disciplinary methodology which, through a critical analysis approach, aims to develop a new way to study the Olympic Games. This investigation shows how cities should be favoured by these intangible benefits, which develop as a consequence of the Olympic bid’s success and the infrastructural evolution. Only thanks to these new philosophies, cities and regions could profit from the intangible benefits belonging to the Olympic game such as: employment, structure and infrastructure use, tourism, job offers, SME, cultural development, decision making, trade.