Events

The School of Architecture and Planning, at the University of the Witwatersrand, together with our partners, the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and the Johannesburg Development Agency are pleased to announce the Sport and the City conference to be held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, on the new dates of the 26th – 27th March, 2012. 

Sporting mega-events are an increasing urban phenomenon, from the FIFA World Cup, to the Summer and Winter Olympics, governments compete to host them with the promise that they will provide benefits to the precincts, cities, and countries in which they take place. Enormous amounts of money are spent on infrastructure development and other improvements in different areas of the city. However more work needs to be completed to analyse the major impacts and effects of these events on a range of stakeholders, urban dwellers and activities.  

For more information, click on the second call for papers newsbyte or contact Ms. Margot Rubin on rubinmargot@gmail.com or Professor Aly Karam on aly.karam@wits.ac.za.