Mega-events or hallmark events: Rugby World Cup 2011 on Auckland’s infrastructure

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Mega-events or hallmark events: Rugby World Cup 2011 on Auckland’s infrastructure

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This research report looks at how Auckland has transformed itself in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC), and explored briefly the impacts and planning processes. Internationally, mega events have been used by cities to enhance their image and improve urban spaces. Cities have been recently viewed as commodities, so as a commodity they need to sell themselves. To do this often requires some change on the way it looks. As part of the research semi-structured interviews were conducted...

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Research paper

Research format

Undergraduate Research Report

Thesis level

Undergraduate

Date created

2011

Creator

Shahwe, Tutsirai

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10652/1799

Related subjects

Rugby World Cup (RWC - 2011) / Auckland (N.Z.) / mega events / infrastructure / urban development / New Zealand / Urban Analysis and Development

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