ABSTRACT
Representations of London had to present the host city in a very particular way, which may have been removed from the realities of life in London or indeed the UK. More significantly, however, are the complex multiscalar governance arrangements associated with hosting Olympic events provides catalysts for post-Games planning and development. In the case of London 2012, a very different set of government arrangements has been created, which were unforeseen during their planning and execution. The Localism Act 2010 is a radical overhaul of urban planning in the UK, and it is the potential future impacts of this act on the London legacy that this chapter investigates with particular emphasis on the promise of delivering a sustainable legacy. Northern Outfall sewer is one of the longest uninterrupted pedestrian routes in East London and is part of the London Jubilee Greenway. The Greenway example shows the potential negative impacts Localism poses, when people try to achieve a broad-based sustainable legacy.
