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Urban areas around the world are using big events such as the Olymipcs and World Cup to rebuild and promote certain places. For example, a city that wins the Olympic bid may use money to pave roads in areas that have been neglected, then encourage visitors to go there. Sometimes this promotion and reconstruction happens to a whole nation and not only one city.

It often seems that just about every city on the planet claims that hosting or bidding for a major event will draw the attention of the world and make everyone want to visit it, which will bring large sums of money into the local economy.

It is often difficult to determine what effects major events have on a society. This is called social impact assessment, or SIA for short. The effects of larger events often begin well before the event starts, and continue well after they finish. The event may also affect places surrounding where they actually take place...