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   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Olympic Cities

   City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 – 2016, 2nd Edition

   Edited by John R. Gold, Margaret M. Gold

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   Providing a full overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic events, this substantially revised and enlarged edition builds on the success of its predecessor. Its coverage takes account of important new scholarship as well as adding reflections on the experience of...

   Published August 31st 2010 by Routledge
3. Stadia

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   In this completely updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage high-quality sports venues.This fourth edition features over twenty case studies of recent...

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4. Planning Olympic Legacies

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   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
5. Sustainable Olympic Design and Urban Development

   By Adrian Pitts, Hanwen Liao

   With appropriate planning and design, Olympic urban development has the potential to leave positive environmental legacies to the host city and contribute to environmental sustainability. This book explains how a modern Olympic games can successfully develop a more sustainable design approach by...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
6. Architecture, Ethics and Globalization

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7. Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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8. The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy

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   Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. Representing the Sporting Past in Museums and Halls of Fame

   Edited by Murray G. Phillips

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   We live in a "museum age," and sport museums are part of this phenomenon. In this book, leading international sport history scholars examine sport museums including renowned institutions like the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore, the...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
11. Understanding Sport

    A socio-cultural analysis

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13. Watching the Olympics

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    Published August 1st 2011 by Routledge
14. Host Cities and the Olympics

    An Interactionist Approach

    By Harry Hiller

    Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

    Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national significance, this book understands the Games as a civic project for the host city that serves as a catalyst for a variety of urban interests over a period of many years from the bidding phase through...

    Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
15. Sport and the Transformation of Modern Europe

    States, media and markets 1950-2010

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    Series: CRESC

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    Published August 11th 2011 by Routledge
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    Series: The Basics

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    Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge