Mega-events and urban regeneration in Rio de Janeiro: planning in a state of emergency

摘要: This article examines the role of sporting mega-events in reconfiguration urban landscape, to understand some their impacts upon social groups directly affected by large projects involved construction so-called ‘Olympic City’. It studies case Rio de Janeiro, which will host 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The seeks demonstrate how are being instrumentalized local political economic elites, especially a coalition ambitious civic leaders, private entrepreneurs, real estate interests, who exploit event-related sense urgency, mobilization, consensus order remake city own image. Through study series conceived with deadline mind, special emphasis on Porto Maravilha’s port revitalization project, shows such an event-led planning model fosters exclusive vision regeneration. sustains that ...