Olympics 2012 – Megaevents virtual issue

This very topical virtual theme draws papers from the Environment and Planning series of journals, including Society and Space. It begins with a newly written editorial by Francisco Klauser. The papers are open access.

Editorial: Sport megaevents and the city
Francisco R Klauser

The impact of the World Student Games on Sheffield
P Foley

The professionalisation of urban cultural policies in France: the case of festivals
E Négrier

Civic boosterism in the politics of local economic development — ‘institutional positions’ and ‘strategic orientations’ in the consumption of hallmark events
M Boyle

The World Cup and the national Thing on Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Paul Kingsbury

Vancouver’s promise of the world’s first sustainable Olympic Games
Meg Holden, Julia MacKenzie, Robert VanWynsberghe

Splintering spheres of security: Peter Sloterdijk and the contemporary fortress city
Francisco R Klauser

Development plans versus conservation: explanation of emergent conflicts and state political handling
Evangelia Apostolopoulou, John D Pantis

International urban festivals as a catalyst for governance capacity building
Paul Benneworth, Hugh Dauncey

State dirigisme in megaprojects: governing the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Martin Müller

Commentaries
Pre-Olympic and post-Olympic Barcelona, a ‘model’ for urban regeneration today?
Maria-Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Abel Albet