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Universidade Santa Úrsula.

Fórum de Estudos Olímpicos 2017: Estudos e Pesquisas: / Universidade

Santa Úrsula. – Rio de Janeiro: USU, 2017.

208p. : il.

ISBN: 978-85-54933-00-5

1. Estudos Olímpicos – Estudos e Pesquisas. 2. Esporte – Jogos Olímpicos.

I. Universidade Santa Úrsula. II.Título.

CDU 796/799

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Catalogação na fonte - Bibliotecário: Luís Sérgio de Rezende Moura –
CRB1/DF-1929

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Fórum de Estudos Olímpicos 2017: Estudos e Pesquisas 1

LEVERAGING URBAN REGENERATION AND SOCIAL LEGACY: RIO 2016
OLYMPICS AND THE DEODORO X-PARK

Silvestre Cirilo dos Santos Neto1

Denis Roberto Terezani2
Marcelo de Castro Haiachi3

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ1

Confederação Brasileira de Canoagem - CBCa2
Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS3

The aim of this study is to analyze Deodoro X-Park and the surroundings under
the lens of the urban regeneration and social legacy. The city of Rio de Janeiro
held the first Olympic Games in South America. Despite the fact that the mayor
of Rio de Janeiro mentioned he was against the construction of the whitewater
stadium, Deodoro X-Park brought to the region improvements in urban
infrastructure and in the social area. The whitewater stadium is the only
permanent venue built there. This area has received a lot of improvements,
mainly in its infrastructure, working as an accelerator for local development,
regenerating a degraded area. The venue has received improvements in the
neighborhood: the government opened new streets, repaved the old ones, and
promoted the renovation of Ricardo de Albuquerque train station, improving and
creating accessibility in that area. After the Games, the Olympic Public Authority
(APO -2016) stated that the desired legacy was the recreational use of the lake
sharing the space with grassroots and the high-performance athletes,
corroborating the legacy planned on the bid phase (RIO 2016, 2009). Moreover,
the Brazilian Army leased that area to Rio de Janeiro City Council and, in 2017,
the costs are around BRL$ 13.42 million (SANTOS NETO et al., 2016). Despite
being one of the most modern venues around the world in terms of canoe
slalom, local authorities have not consolidated a plan to work there, with no
promotion of the legacy. London, for example, created a specific institution to
manage their Olympic venues after 2012, drawing a specific business model to
help local demands. To conclude, a lack of planning to use the venues after the
Games has been observed since the bid phase, hindering the social legacy.

Keywords: Olympic Games. Deodoro Cluster. Olympic Park.

References:

APO. Planejamento de Uso do Legado. Rio de Janeiro. 2016.

RIO 2016. Candidature file for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. Rio de Janeiro: Bid Commission Rio 2016. 2009.
SANTOS NETO, S. C.; NÓBREGA, L. F. M.; DACOSTA, L. P.; HAIACHI, M. C.;
TEREZANI, D. R. Legado esportivo e social Rio 2016: o estádio Olímpico de
canoagem slalom. III Fórum Científico EsEFEx. Pôster. 2016.

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