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Thesis: Sport Social Sustainability Index

Masters thesis from Anton Haag: The purpose of this paper was to develop an index to measure the social sustainability within a destination after a mega sport event. These happenings are as huge that they could be used as image changers and tourism catalysts for the host destination. Tools to observe the positive, but also negative changes for the society will be helpful in the future, and therefore in this work, indicators were found and created, which will help to measure the sustainable developments in…

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Global Major Events – 2012 & Beyond Survey

This report  discusses how London is planning the legacy of the Games, including ongoing major events. As  major events take years to develop or secure  this report focuses what opportunities the city should pursue, what other cities are seen as competition and what strengths London can draw on to deliver the right major event opportunities.

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Edinburgh Festival Impact Report

This report takes a ‘360 degree’ approach to assessing impact that considers social, cultural, environmental and media aspects, in addition to the economic effects. The research thus enables the Festivals to demonstrate their value to a much wider range of stakeholders across Scotland and beyond. A further key objective was to develop a repeatable method that is owned by the Festivals themselves, in the form of a new impact assessment framework and data collection process.

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The Olympic Cultural Programme Impact on Local Creativity

This report looks at the role of the Olympic cultural programme in fostering local creativity in the host region. It focuses in particular on the development of local talent and entrepreneurship, on the emergence of local networks of creative enterprises, and on the enhancement of local creativity as a result of the Cultural Olympia programme.

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