OLYMPIC CRISIS, ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

ABSTRACT Over the last four decades, Olympic urbanism has been constantly evolving, producing increasingly onerous large-scale urban projects with high visibility impacts on social and environmental issues in each host city. This article aims to reflect on the nature and the limits of the adoption of the concept of sustainability by contemporary Olympic projects and as a consequence understand the environmental dimension of the ongoing Olympic crisis. To this end, we will investigate: [1] the idea of sustainability from urban geography; [2] the congruencies of the Olympic crisis and the environmental crisis; and, finally, the [3] adoption of sustainability at the 2016 Summer Olympics, which took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

摘要 过去四十余年间，奥林匹克城市主义（Olympic urbanism）持续演进，催生了规模不断扩张、资源负荷愈发沉重的大型城市项目，此类项目的高公众关注度特征，会对各主办城市的社会与环境议题造成显著影响。本文旨在反思当代奥林匹克项目采纳可持续发展理念的本质与局限，并借此深入理解当前奥林匹克危机的环境维度。为此，本文将开展三项研究：[1] 梳理城市地理学视角下的可持续发展理念；[2] 辨析奥林匹克危机与环境危机的内在契合性；[3] 剖析在里约热内卢举办的2016年夏季奥林匹克运动会对可持续发展理念的实践情况。