Mega-Events and Legacies in Post-Metropolitan Spaces

Offers an innovative and interdisciplinary study of contemporary World Fairs
Sheds new light on the under studied area of mega-events in metropolitan contexts
Provides a timely examination of the increasingly conflicted urban events of which World's fairs are one.

Offers an innovative and interdisciplinary study of contemporary World Fairs Sheds new light on the under studied area of mega-events in metropolitan contexts Provides a timely examination of the increasingly conflicted urban events of which World's fairs are one.

Autorentext
Stefano Di Vita, Architect and PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Planning, is research fellow and adjunct professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Politecnico di Milano, in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies.
Corinna Morandi is Full Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, where she is also member of the Professor Board of the International PhD in Spatial Planning and Urban Development.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Mega-events and legacies: A tradition of studies.- Chapter 2. The spatial projects of the Expo 2015 and the post-event.- Chapter 3. The planning and governance of the Expo 2015 and the post-event.- Chapter 4. From the post-Expo 2015 to a future Milan urban agenda.- Chapter 5. 5. World's Fairs and processes of urban change.- Chapter 6. Towards a post-crisis urban agenda. Learning from Mega-Events.- Chapter 7. Mega-events and urban studies. Which mutual effects?.