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9780796922502

Development and Dreams The Urban Legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup

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  • ISBN13:

    9780796922502

  • ISBN10:

    0796922500

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-01
  • Publisher: HSRC Press
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Summary

The contributors to this volume, both academics and development practitioners, provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the probable consequences of the 2010 Football World Cup for the economy of South Africa and its cities, on infrastructure development, and on the projection of African culture and identity.

Author Biography

Udesh Pillay is the executive director of the Centre for Service Delivery at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in South Africa. He holds a PhD in Geography, and prior to joining the HSRC, he was head of the delimitation and planning directorate of the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa. Richard Tomlinson is a visiting professor at the school of architecture and planning of the University of the Witwatersrand, and he is a consultant in urban development and project management. Orli Bass is a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Service Delivery at the HSRC. Her areas of research interest include the relationships between cities and culture, representations of Africa and its cities, and megaevents and cities.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figuresp. vii
Prefacep. ix
A note on names and locationsp. x
Map of 2010 World Cup host cities and stadiumsp. xi
Acronyms and abbreviationsp. xii
The build-up
Introductionp. 3
The road to Africa: South Africa's hosting of the 'African' World Cupp. 18
Managing the alchemy of the 2010 Football World Cupp. 33
Development
South Africa 2010: Initial dreams and sobering economic perspectivesp. 55
Mega-events as a response to poverty reduction: The 2010 World Cup and urban developmentp. 76
Anticipating 2011p. 96
Venue selection and the 2010 World Cup: A case study of Cape Townp. 114
Sport, mega-events and urban tourism: Exploring the patterns, constraints and prospects of the 2010 World Cupp. 131
The 2010 World Cup and the rural hinterland: Maximising advantage from mega-eventsp. 153
Public viewing areas: Urban interventions in the context of mega-eventsp. 174
In the shadow of 2010: Democracy and displacement in the Greater Ellis Park Development projectp. 200
Dreams
Urban dreams: The 2010 Football World Cup and expectations of benefit in Johannesburgp. 225
Aiming for Africa: Durban, 2010 and notions of African urban identityp. 246
The offside rule: Women's bodies in masculinised spacesp. 266
A World Cup and the construction of African realityp. 281
Afterwordp. 296
Contributorsp. 301
Indexp. 305
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