Economic, social and environmental aspects of the impact of the universiade - 2013 on development of Kazan city and Tatarstan Republic

Abstract

© 2015, Asian Social Science. All rights reserved. The article describes the methodological approaches used to study the influence of major international sporting events on the development of the city and region (on example of XXVII World Summer Universiade which held in the Russian Federation in the city of Kazan in 2013). This paper presents the results of economic, social and environmental consequences for the development of the city of Kazan and Tatarstan. Assessment of impacts is given in an integrated form, with the conclusions of the contradictory effects for the different areas of the city and the region.