Major infrastructure changes occurring in Polish host cities in connection with the staging of Euro 2012

Ferrir, Richard (2015): Major infrastructure changes occurring in Polish host cities in connection with the staging of Euro 2012.

Abstract

In this study, an attempt was made to estimate the impact of the organisation of UEFA European Championships on the host cities: Gdańsk, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław. The adopted list of infrastructural undertakings executed as part of Euro 2012 preparations included 219 projects divided according to the urgency criterion into key, important and other projects. Analysis of project completion revealed that not all tasks had been executed as planned before the beginning of the event. Predictably, the key projects were found to have been completed in the greatest percentage of the cases (76%), while other projects were characterised by the lowest percentage of completion (51%). The degree of completion also varied between the individual cities. Gdańsk turned out to be the most efficient city with 74% of all projects completed, while Warsaw was at the bottom of the ranking with 63% of completed projects.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Euro 2012
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H0 - General > H00 - General

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