Mega Events and Urban Conflicts in Valencia, Spain: Contesting the New Urban Modernity

<table>Gentrification takes place through physical destruction of a working-class suburb. The Las Arenas five-star spa hotel was built next to fishermen dwellings, from which tenants were evicted and which were then demolished. Photograph: S. Mayordomo (2008).</table>

Urban Studies Research

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Figure 4: Mega Events and Urban Conflicts in Valencia, Spain: Contesting the New Urban Modernity 