Abstract
Hosting an Olympic Games has the ability to considerably change a city and community, its image and infrastructure, with long-lasting effects in host cities and regions. However, securing long term function of Olympic sites and venues has proven a difficult task, as the increasingly specialist nature and scale of venues pose a major challenge for post-Olympic use. Appropriate planning is sited as central to achieving positive legacies as a result of the games Legacy planning and policy development expanded considerably in the context of the post-war Olympic Winter Games held in Europe between 1948 and 2014. The development of legacy policy and legacy planning have affected the design, construction and legacy of venues throughout the history of the Olympic Winter Games. Through a rigorous horizontal comparative analysis of all post 1948 Olympic Winter Games candidatures and official reports from within Europe, alongside a review of Olympic legacy policy, it is clear that richer understanding of the impact of past Olympic Winter Games policy and planning developments on the built environment benefits both present and future planning.
Highlights
Since its inception in 1896, the Olympic Games have demonstrated major growth in size and popularity, exacerbated by the ease of access to aviation as a mode of transport and the internationalization of television broadcasting after the Second World War
As the games attained global status over the course of the twentieth century, host cities became a focal point for the sporting competitions, but for the festivities that spread beyond the confines of the stadium, with the existing cityscape providing a backdrop to the events
Developing sustainable long-term solutions for Olympic venues became epicentral to the Olympic movement, and authentic efforts to construct and deliver legacies that address public policy priorities emerged in the bidding process.[4]
Summary
Since its inception in 1896, the Olympic Games have demonstrated major growth in size and popularity, exacerbated by the ease of access to aviation as a mode of transport and the internationalization of television broadcasting after the Second World War.
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