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 Award | 9 Nov 2018 |
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Original language | Spanish |
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Awarding Institution | - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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Supervisor | Emilio Fernandez Peña (Director) |
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- Ecology
- Sport management
- Communication
La construcción del pensamiento ecológico durante los juegos olímpicos de Barcelona 1992: Elementos de sostenibilidad, salubridad medioambiental y difusión
Alberto Aragón Pérez (Author). 9 Nov 2018
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
Alberto Aragón Pérez (Author),
Fernandez Peña, E. (Director),
9 Nov 2018Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis