Overview
- Explores the relations between city and mountain areas on the occasion of mega-events and multifaceted crises
- Provides an in-depth analysis of risks and opportunities of a forthcoming mega-event as the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Investigates the growing regional scale of mega-events
Part of the book series: Mega Event Planning (MEGAEP)
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About this book
This volume offers a novel study of the Milan-Cortina's Winter Olympics 2026, with a focus on the mountainous region of Valtellina. It brings an up-to-date analysis of the complex interactions between mega-events and remote areas, both in terms of potentials for regeneration and risks for further segregation. Remote areas are traditionally characterized by socio-economic and spatial disparities. On the one hand, they benefit from attractive features, such as environmental and landscape resources, food and wine production, and energy production. On the other, they are by definition fragile environments, disrupted by the contradictions of international tourism, climate change, limited infrastructures and services, rural abandonment, and demographic decline.
This book offers credible solutions for the sustainable development of mountainous regions as a legacy of Winter Olympics. It is an essential resource for scholars, professionals, and policy-makers in the fieldsof urban planning and design, architecture design, geography, sociology, and economics.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Analysing Olympic Mountain Region
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Shaping the Transition of the Olympic Mountain Region
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Learning and Conclusion: The Future Challenges for Mega-Events in Remote Areas
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andrea Arcidiacono (PhD) is Associate Professor at the Politecnico of Milano (DAStU), where he coordinates the BSc Program in Urban Planning, and is a board member of the PhD Program in Urban Planning, Design and Policy. He is Scientific Director of the Land Take Research Centre (CRCS) and, since 2016, Vice-President of the National Institute of Planning (INU). He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Urbanistica and authored over 150 scientific publications.
Stefano Di Vita (PhD) is Researcher in Urban Planning at the Politecnico di Milano (DAStU). His research focuses on spatial dynamics of economic transition (including temporary events and digital innovation), planning processes, tools, and mechanisms of urban change (from big projects to micro-scale regeneration), and spatial phenomena, strategies, and actions targeted to international repositioning and regional rescaling of cities. He is a member of the editorial boardof the journal Territorio and authored over 70 scientific publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond the 2026 Winter Olympic Games
Book Subtitle: Sustainable Scenarios for the Valtellina Mountain Region
Editors: Andrea Arcidiacono, Stefano Di Vita
Series Title: Mega Event Planning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8092-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-8091-8Published: 09 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-8094-9Published: 10 May 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-8092-5Published: 08 May 2024
Series ISSN: 2633-5859
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5867
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 162
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology, Public Policy, Arts