Residents’ perceptions on impacts of hostingthe Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture: comparison of the pre and post periods

• Paula Cristina Remoaldo ^[1] ; Laurentina Vareiro ; J. Cadima Ribeiro ^[1] ; J. Freitas Santos ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade do Minho

     Universidade do Minho

     Braga (São José de São Lázaro), Portugal

     
• Localización: Actas do 4º Congresso Internacional Casa Nobre: Um património para o futuro, 2017, ISBN 978-972-9136-83-2, págs. 1161-1175
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This chapter investigates residents’ perceptions on the impacts of hosting the 2012 European Capital of Culture(ECOC) in a before-and-after approach. Two surveys were applied to residents in Guimarães, one in the pre-event (2011)and another in the post-event period (2013). After a factor analysis, the results of t-tests indicate that there were significantdifferences between the before and after 2012 ECOC samples in two positive impact factors (Investment and immaterialbenefits and Economic and social benefits) and in one negative impact factor (Economic, social and environmental cost).