White Elephant Or Cash Cow - Yu, Xiaowei
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Whenever the Olympic Games complete, all the athletes and tourists leave, all the attention has gone, the Organizing Committees are dismantled usually half a year later, local residents in the host cities gradually go back to their routine lives. However, those sport venues do not stop costing moneys for operating and maintaining after the Games. If stop using them, the previous cost will become a waste thereby increasing the Olympic-related cost and reducing the credibility of the Olympic legacy; if keep using them, continuing cost will be a must. In either way, post-Olympic cost on those…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Whenever the Olympic Games complete, all the athletes and tourists leave, all the attention has gone, the Organizing Committees are dismantled usually half a year later, local residents in the host cities gradually go back to their routine lives. However, those sport venues do not stop costing moneys for operating and maintaining after the Games. If stop using them, the previous cost will become a waste thereby increasing the Olympic-related cost and reducing the credibility of the Olympic legacy; if keep using them, continuing cost will be a must. In either way, post-Olympic cost on those venues is inevitable. How does Beijing deal with this Dilemma? This book will tell you the answer.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Xiaowei Yu received his Honor B.H.K and M.H.K from University of Windsor and Ph.D from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. This is his first book based on his doctoral dissertation accomplished in August 2012. His research interests mainly focus on international Olympic study, socio-cultural sport, and sport philosophy.