Description
The great impact of Olympic Games on urban structure of host cities is evident in many cases (e.g. Tokyo 1964). These changes (newly developed areas, residential buildings and infrastructure) are shaping the city and the life of its inhabitants even years after the games have happened. Therefore it is necessary to ask who is legitimatized to decide about such important and critical urban changes: Prime ministers, mayors, citizen, sponsors, real estate developers or the IOC?By analyzing machizukuri and spatial planning activities during the preparation process of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, decision making and public participation should be discussed from an interdisciplinary point of view - combining a city planning and a social studies perspective. Special attention is focused on the question who should participate in “public participation projects” and are these projects meant to democratize urban planning or are they just tactics to calm down resistant forces and silence opposition?
| Period | 10 Jun 2017 |
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| Event title | London, Rio, Tokyo Olympics Symposium - Goldsmiths, University of London 8-10th June 2017 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | London, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |