Benneworth, Paul; Dauncey, Hugh - In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 28 (2010) 6, pp. 1083-1100
The capacity-building benefits for urban governance of unsuccessfully bidding for large events are often asserted, but much more rarely demonstrated. With the cost of bidding for an Olympics now running at US 25 million, we seek to address this gulf by asking whether the trend for...