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Cultural megaprojects are complexes of a number of buildings with cultural functions that have required considerable investments from public administrations. They are intended to renew the image of a city through their avant-garde architecture and to constitute a new motor for economic and tourist development. Their governance models differ, but their management structures are usually made up mostly of representatives of the public sector that has financed the mega project. In this paper, there is an analysis of three cases from Spain whose future sustainability is under political and social discussion.
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This work received funding from the State Programme for Research, Development and Technological Innovation within the project for New Models of Government of Cities, and Intervention in Urban Spaces in the Post-Crisis Period, CSO2016-75236-C2-1-R (AEI/FEDER, EU).
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Somoza Medina, X. (2019). Governance and Sustainability of Cultural Megaprojects. Case Studies from Spain. In: Katsoni, V., Segarra-Oña, M. (eds) Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03910-3_42
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