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Events and the environment /
Many of our planet's support systems are in crisis. Climate change, resource shortages and environmental pollution threaten our economy and lifestyles. Society as a whole needs to adopt policies that can meet these challenges. The ever expanding event industry is no exception. Anyone involved i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- EVENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Aims; Introduction; The purpose of this book; What are events and what is the environment?; The changing relationship of events and the environment over time; Positive and negative environmental impacts; The relationship between environmental and other impacts; The changing scale and nature of environmental impacts; Events, systems and models of the environment; Event industry interactions with the environment; Feedback from the environment on its misuse.
- Structure of the bookConclusion; Chapter 2. Environmental resources for the event industry; Aims; Introduction; The natural environment as a venue for events; The built environment as a venue for events; Environmental constraints on events; Case study: cricket on shingle banks in the Solent; How the weather disrupts events; Case study: the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics; Case study: the Indian Premier League tournament in South Africa; Managing your own event; The supply chain; A PESTE approach to environmental audit; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 3. Venues and the environment; Aims.
- IntroductionA typology of venues; Venue location factors; Case study: Southampton Football Club and Hampshire County Cricket Club; Case study: the 2012 Olympics in London's East End; Improving environmental design; Case study: Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Building, India; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 4. Environmental impacts at the micro scale; Aims; Introduction; Some intrinsic problems in discussing event impacts; Positive impacts; Case study: Liverpool Garden Festival; Negative impacts; Case study: trampling on Dartmoor.
- Case study: Robbie Williams concert at Knebworth House, 2003Case study: air quality at the Beijing 2008 Olympics; Mini case study: a cautionary tale from the Reading Festival; Assessing the overall environmental impact of events: approaches from Australia; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 5. Environmental impacts at the macro scale; Aims; Introduction; Global pollutants; Rainfall acidification and its impacts on forests; The depletion of the ozone layer; Greenhouse gases and climate change; Mitigating the effects of climate change; Adapting to climate change.
- Case study: Hampshire County CouncilThe contribution of the event industry to macro-scale pollution; Case study: carbon footprint of the London 2012 Olympics; Case study: the Sydney 2000 Olympics; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 6. Urban regeneration; Aims; Introduction; How events create urban regeneration; Evaluation of urban regeneration; Case study: the Athens 2004 Olympics; Case study: the Barcelona 2000 Olympics; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 7. Environmental legislation and standards; Aims; Introduction; The legislative framework; Case study: events in Antarctica.