Tag: Conferences: Sport and urban development
Call for Papers | London, Rio, Tokyo Olympics Symposium | Goldsmiths, University of London, 8-10th June 2017. Call ends April 30, 2017
In this symposium, we will investigate the changes accompanying the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The meeting will focus on existing research and interventions concerning the ways that global events have been accompanied by urban transformations and new forms of social (dis)advantage and exclusions.
Call for Papers | European Rivers and Towns Creation, development and perspectives of a (re)newed conquest: Tourism, Leisure, Heritage | Paris, France, July 1–2 2006
This international meeting aims to elucidate the many ways that city dwellers have striven to appropriate rivers and riverbanks for leisure purposes from the 19h century to today. The goal-perspective approach to the conference will be a pluridisciplinary task, seeking to understand the complex circumstances that intersect with several areas and disciplines.
Second International Conference on Mega-Events and the City, 27–30 April, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Call for papers deadline extended to 30 November
In recent years, mega-events – especially the FIFA World Cup, the Olympics, and international expositions – have...
Extended deadline for abstracts: Olympic Legacies – Impacts of Mega-Events on Cities
Olympic Legacies – International Conference
Impacts of Mega-Events on Cities
4-6 September 2013, University of East London
New abstract submission deadline: March 29, 2013
In the recent period the...
Call for Papers: Olympic Legacies and Sustainable Urban Development
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is delighted to announce that the 2013 Annual International Conference will return to the Royal Geographical Society (with...
