Legacies and mega events : fact or fairy tales? / edited by Ian Brittain, Jason Bocarro, Terri Byers and Kamilla Swart.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sporting and non-sporting mega event research : what next? / Jason Bocarro, Terri Byers, and Libby Carter -- Trading legacy for leverage / Laurence Chalip -- Mega events : why cities are willing to host them, despite the lack of economic benefits / Harry Arne Solberg -- Volunteering legacy of the London 2012 Olympics / Olesya Nedvetskaya and Vassil Girginov -- Sport participation legacies of mega sporting events / Mike Weed -- Legacy of sporting mega events for people with disabilities : the Paralympic Games / Ian Brittain -- Economic legacy to cities of hosting major sports events : a case study of London 2012 / Chris Gratton and Girish Ramchandani -- Environmental legacy of mega sport events / Timothy Kellison and Jonathan CasperA -- Mega-events and place branding legacy for emerging economies / Brendon Knott and Kamilla Swart -- The legacy of corruption in the context of the 2014 FIFA World Cup : short-term and long-term consequences for sponsorship perception / Joerg Koenigstorfer and Wojciech Kulczycki -- The "legacy" of the Olympic Games for local communities : a case study of the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games / Masayuki Takao -- "Lead up and legacy" : a case study of the 2015 Rugby World Cup / Gareth Jones, Mike Edwards, Nick Passenger -- The legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games : a case study of grassroots sport clubs and the sport participation legacy / Guy Thomas, Ian Brittain, and -- Andrew jones -- Towards cultural centrality in mega-event urban legacy : the case of Porto Maravilha and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games / Débora Guerra, Jennifer Ferreira, and Eva Kipnis -- Sport mega-events and the media / Kamilla Swart, Michael Linley, and Gift Muresherwa -- The New Orleans mardi gras : a mega-event with an intangible legacy of protest and resistance to social injustice and inequality / Hazel Barrett.