ABSTRACT

For decades, a mega-event strategy to urban development has been popular with developers and politicians as a way to deliver fast results that can help to regenerate areas of cities and boost a city’s global image. While this approach can deliver quick results in the short term, the literature has not yet investigated the lasting affects this has at an institutional level on city planning and decision-making processes over the long term. One interesting case to investigate this phenomenon is the city of Genoa, which hosted three large events over a period of 12 years to regenerate the city centre and reconnect it to its de-industrialized waterfront. While the 1992 Expo, 2001 G8 Summit and 2004 European Capital of Culture significantly altered the urban fabric of the city centre, this paper will take a closer look at the new approaches and strategies decision makers implemented in the planning of these events, analysing whether they continued to utilize these planning tools and approaches following the events. The paper finds that while the city improved in its planning of events through the process of hosting the three events, it struggled to maintain such innovative approaches as part of routine practice post-event.

摘要

几十年来，城市发展的大型活动战略一直受到开发商和政界人士的欢迎，作为一种快速交付成果的方式，有助于城市区域的再生和提升城市的全球形象。虽然这种方法可以在短期内产生快速结果，但文献尚未调查这在制度层面对城市规划和决策过程的长期影响。调查这一现象的一个有趣案例是热那亚市，它在 12 年内举办了三场大型活动，以重建市中心并将其重新连接到去工业化的海滨。1992 年世博会、2001 年 G8 峰会和 2004 年欧洲文化之都显着改变了市中心的城市结构，本文将仔细研究决策者在规划这些活动时实施的新方法和战略，分析他们在活动后是否继续使用这些规划工具和方法。该论文发现，虽然该市通过举办这三项活动的过程改进了活动规划，但它却难以将这种创新方法作为活动后日常实践的一部分。