A number of cities in the United Kingdom have recently placed a policy focus on the ability of sports events and stadia to stimulate economic and physical regeneration. Such development is most often justified from a development and regeneration perspective. Under this paradigm, the urban...

Recent pronouncements by the International Energy Agency suggest that the world faces a potentially very serious shortage of liquid oil in the next decade. Meanwhile, alternative sources of energy, fossil fuel or otherwise, are problematic for political, technical, or environmental reasons. This...