Do You Want Sustainable Olympics? Environment, Disaster, Gender, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The slogans of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were “symbol of resilience from the Great East Japan Earthquake” and “Compact Olympics”. The Olympics were also expected to demonstrate “gender equality” and to enhance sustainability in modern society. However, in practice, the cost of the Tokyo Olympics 2020...

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Autor principal:	Eiji Yamamura
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 2020 Tokyo Olympics compact Olympics sustainability environment gender equality Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/bfb2e9c27a184605a42556e8b27719b5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bfb2e9c27a184605a42556e8b27719b52021-11-25T19:05:10ZDo You Want Sustainable Olympics? Environment, Disaster, Gender, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics10.3390/su1322128792071-1050https://doaj.org/article/bfb2e9c27a184605a42556e8b27719b52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12879https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050The slogans of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were “symbol of resilience from the Great East Japan Earthquake” and “Compact Olympics”. The Olympics were also expected to demonstrate “gender equality” and to enhance sustainability in modern society. However, in practice, the cost of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 was far greater than estimated. The slogan was changed to “symbol of overcoming COVID-19” although in reality, infection spread dramatically during the games. Overall, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics did not turn out as expected or meet the expectations of the populace. Using individual-level data, we tested how and to what extent Japanese proponents of a sustainable society supported the compact Olympics announced in 2016. The key findings are: (1) most people support policies for environmental protection, gender equality, and disaster prevention and (2) they would have wished to reduce public expenditure for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Further examination with a questionnaire yielded similar results for the male but not for the female sample.Eiji YamamuraMDPI AGarticleCOVID-192020 Tokyo Olympicscompact Olympicssustainabilityenvironmentgender equalityEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12879, p 12879 (2021)
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description	The slogans of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were “symbol of resilience from the Great East Japan Earthquake” and “Compact Olympics”. The Olympics were also expected to demonstrate “gender equality” and to enhance sustainability in modern society. However, in practice, the cost of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 was far greater than estimated. The slogan was changed to “symbol of overcoming COVID-19” although in reality, infection spread dramatically during the games. Overall, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics did not turn out as expected or meet the expectations of the populace. Using individual-level data, we tested how and to what extent Japanese proponents of a sustainable society supported the compact Olympics announced in 2016. The key findings are: (1) most people support policies for environmental protection, gender equality, and disaster prevention and (2) they would have wished to reduce public expenditure for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Further examination with a questionnaire yielded similar results for the male but not for the female sample.
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title	Do You Want Sustainable Olympics? Environment, Disaster, Gender, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
title_short	Do You Want Sustainable Olympics? Environment, Disaster, Gender, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Do You Want Sustainable Olympics? Environment, Disaster, Gender, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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