La construcción del pensamiento ecológico durante los juegos olímpicos de Barcelona 1992: Elementos de sostenibilidad, salubridad medioambiental y difusión

Student thesis: Doctoral thesis

Abstract

This thesis examines how ecological and environmentalist thought was related to the organisation of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Held at a time of growing global social and political awareness of certain environmental problems, this study of the event is based on primary sources to show that its management ushered in environmental and sustainability principles. The exhaustive analysis of documentary sources and interviews with important figures reveal environmental steps taken and projects implemented in Barcelona during the 1992 Olympic Games. Just one month before, the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro had issued some recommendations on environmental communication that were first taken into account during the 1992 Games. These initiatives allowed the Games to begin to manage the first efforts to raise environmental awareness in the modern Olympics. The thesis also analyses media coverage of some environmental steps taken during the management of the 1992 Games. To some extent, the media reported on the environmental measures taken by Barcelona City Council and the Organising Committee (COOB’92) to restore the coastal ecosystem and to protect the air from outbreaks of pollution during the 1992 Games, as well as the media construct of the ‘Barcelona model’; as a paradigm of a sustainable urban legacy.
Date of Award9 Nov 2018
Original languageSpanish
Awarding Institution
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
SupervisorEmilio Fernandez Peña (Director)

Keywords

  • Ecology
  • Sport management
  • Communication

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