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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Commonwealth Games"”.
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Pairing mega events and hydrological systems for urban sustainability : strategy framework for Delhi beyond the Commonwealth Games 2010
(cont.) initiate a process by which the city learns to seize opportunities through benign and sustainable change. Furthermore, this thesis intends to inform decision makers with a checklist of crucial tradeoffs, risks and benefits involved in incorporating water systems as a strategy framework. …
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Sporting mega-events and their influence on the social and physical capital of communities in the host city: The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games experience
… how sporting mega-events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games are developing strategies, norms, and rules (institutions) to govern how these events impact the host nation, city, and communities; and on how mega-events impact the host’s economic, social, physical, human, and cultural capital. …
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A comparative and historical analysis of elite sport programs in Australia and Pakistan, 1947-2007
… is given to programs associated with the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Finally, an agenda for initiatives and research relevant to the future promotion of elite sport, particularly in Pakistan, is recommended. In broad terms, this research adds considerably to knowledge of the sport …
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Tough Sell: Rising Powers, Domestic Legitimation and Costly International Initiatives
… and (3) the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. These cases vary in outcomes and regime types but are united by their high-cost nature. This project contributes to the study of rising powers, foreign policy legitimation, and the role of narratives in world politics. It …
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Sport in the Waikato c.1897-1974: Narratives of Play, Identity and Belonging
… Auckland/Waikato rugby matches, Empire and Commonwealth Games participation, and regular lawn bowls tournaments, the place and function of sport in a regional space is able to be, in part, exposed. Uneven, often subtle, changes both in aspects of these events and in the representations of …