The Real Legacy of the Olympics

The journal Planning Theory & Practice takes a look at the personal cost and experience of being displaced by a major sporting event, raising questions for planners.

Libby Porter of the University of Glasgow, UK, spoke with a residents who have been displaced by either the Olympic or Commonwealth Games events being held in London, Glasgow and Vancouver.

The feature explores the deeply marginalising effects of being on the “receiving end” of the policy and planning processes designed to achieve displacement. In doing so, the contributions in this feature confront those processes head on and challenge not only the assumptions, but also the procedures by which displacement is actually given effect.

Libby commented that she has “Brought together stories from people who are directly experiencing displacement, in different ways, because of major sporting events in their home cities. This is important, partly because it is rarely discussed, and partly because the stories ask very specific questions, but in new ways, of planning policy and practice.”

Published by Routledge, Planning Theory & Practice is published in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), one of the world’s largest professional institutes for planners. Planning Theory & Practice has built an excellent reputation for promoting dialogue between the academic and practitioner communities through its innovative feature Interface sections.

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