Urban planning and design through pulsar effects evidence from portuguese urban areas
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2010
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At a time when big spectacle events are playing an increasingly important role in urban dynamics in many cities, the identification and quantification of both their adverse and beneficial impacts remains to be done. Large projects such as Olympic G ames, World Expos, soccer cups and, to a lesser extent, European Capitals of Culture and other recurrent events are capable of changing the urban fabric of a city and its organisational patterns in profound and permanent ways.
‘Pulsars’ are defined as the distorting effect on the daily operational running of a city. The type of events described in this paper occur predictably and their impacts can be characterised. If properly structured and with an integrated organisation pulsars can lead to new solutions, avoiding the typical management issues that can interfere with much smaller scale projects. In particular, in a country like Portugal, pulsars can introduce new concepts that may later trickle down to other cities and transform a much larger urban area. Nevertheless, if improperly implemented, the repercussions of these events can severely strain an entire city and its inhabitants and businesses.
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Book of proceedings: Urban change : The prospect of transformation
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