Bringing the Mountains into the City: Legacy of the Winter Olympics, Turin 2006

摘要: Exactly 50 years after Cortina d’Ampezzo (1956), the Winter Olympic Games returned to Italy in 2006, Turin, and for tenth time Alpine environment, where they were met with a totally changed context. While first, had been country heading towards Fordist industrialisation an elite tourist resort; later Olympics came city that symbol of Italy, one-company town on par Detroit, which used great event give further decisive thrust its post-Fordist transition. Turin was around 900,000 inhabitants, closer 1,700,000 when considering metropolitan conglomeration. It near Alps, close cultural ties although it not definable as city, unlike Grenoble or Innsbruck. For Movement, choice host 20th affirmation urban model, departure from standard resort. And this, we shall see, one most important characteristics Torino 2006 games, is, laying emphasis proposal, Summer than conventional Games.