scholarly journals Perspectives on the Volunteering Legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games: The Development of an Event Legacy Stakeholder Engagement Matrix

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Shipway ◽  
Leonie Lockstone-Binney ◽  
Kirsten Holmes ◽  
Karen A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Volunteer Management ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
Volunteer Programs

Using a sustainable event legacy timeline, this article examines the extent to which the existing volunteering infrastructure supporting volunteer management in the host city were engaged before, during, and after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to generate a legacy for volunteering. This infrastructure includes volunteering peak bodies, volunteer resource centers, national sport governing bodies, community organizations and local government. A case study of the London 2012 Games was employed involving extensive documentary evidence and interviews with senior level informants. The findings revealed limitations with official legacy planning and a failure to engage with the voluntary sector in the host city. The event legacy timeline is combined with four key themes to emerge from the data to conceptualize an event legacy stakeholder engagement matrix. This identifies recommendations to enable future host cities to optimize opportunities from Olympic Games volunteer programs to generate wider community benefits.

scholarly journals London 2012 and Environmental Sustainability: A Study through the Lens of Environmental Sociology

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Karamichas
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Environmental Sociology ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Big Society ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Host Nation

This rapid response paper examines the claim that Olympic Games hosting can encourage and/or accentuate the adoption of environmental sustainability (ES) policies by the host nation, with London 2012 as a case study. Six indicators that can be used in this examination are identified and subsequently tested in relation to changes brought by austerity/‘Big Society’ policies. The paper closes by suggesting that although the UK, unlike other hosts, had a relatively good ES standing; however, it appears that this has been significantly downgraded in the event and immediate post-event phases of the Games.

scholarly journals Having a Say? The Potential of Local Events As a Tool for Community Engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Local People ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
Mega Event ◽  
Diverse Groups

This article uses a case study to consider community event practices that include local people in discussions about the regeneration of their neighborhood and capture their responses to change. It is set in an area adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the site of London 2012 Olympic Games, and tracks the Hackney Wick Curiosity Shop (hereafter called the Curiosity Shop), an initiative that used events to engage diverse groups and develop shared experiences. The article explores the nature of these events identifying their potential and limitations. It identifies characteristics (conviviality, playfulness, creativity, and accessibility) that appear to create a powerful tool to involve local people, helping to develop a sense of community and producing locally generated place images. In this case their potential is not fully realized because the Curiosity Shop is situated within the complex context and turbulence associated with a mega-event and a major regeneration project where the market-led processes of reimaging and regenerating the area are dominant. This frenzied regeneration context is unusual, and it is argued the conviviality, playfulness, creativity, and accessibility identified here should be investigated further in a setting that is less turbulent to evaluate their effectiveness in engaging communities in debate, discussion, and collective reimagination of their localities.

Stakeholder Engagement to Identify Priorities for Improving the Quality and Value of Infrastructural Project - Case Study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Dziadkiewicz ◽  
Wioleta Dryl ◽  
Tomasz Dryl ◽  
Robert Beben ◽  
Anna Wojewnik-Filipkowska
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement

Analysis of geodetic and legal documentation in the process of expropriation for roads. Krakow case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Anna Trembecka
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Property Value ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Construction Design ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
The City

Abstract Amendment to the Act on special rules of preparation and implementation of investment in public roads resulted in an accelerated mode of acquisition of land for the development of roads. The decision to authorize the execution of road investment issued on its basis has several effects, i.e. determines the location of a road, approves surveying division, approves construction design and also results in acquisition of a real property by virtue of law by the State Treasury or local government unit, among others. The conducted study revealed that over 3 years, in this mode, the city of Krakow has acquired 31 hectares of land intended for the implementation of road investments. Compensation is determined in separate proceedings based on an appraisal study estimating property value, often at a distant time after the loss of land by the owner. One reason for the lengthy compensation proceedings is challenging the proposed amount of compensation, unregulated legal status of the property as well as imprecise legislation. It is important to properly develop geodetic and legal documentation which accompanies the application for issuance of the decision and is also used in compensation proceedings.

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