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Events, society and sustainability : critical and contemporary approaches /
The growth of the events industry brings with it concerns of sustainable management, the sharing of available resources, and ensuring that people and places are not over-exploited. While the environmental and economic dimensions of sustainability have attracted a reasonable attention in the study of...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Collection: | Routledge advances in event research series.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Events, Society and Sustainability: Critical and contemporary approaches; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Editors' introduction: events in the age of sustainability; Part I: Thinking critically about events and sustainability; 1. Events, society, and sustainability: five propositions; 2. Critical perspectives on sustainability; 3. Beijing's 'People's Olympics': from slogan to sustainability; 4. Rethinking events in higher and further education: a systemic sustainability perspective.
- Part II: Events, sustainability and community5. Planning and evaluating sport events for sustainable development in disadvantaged communities; 6. Reclaiming identity and territory: events and Indigenous culture; 7. Sustainability and community networks: the case of the Indian diaspora; 8. Peace through tourism: a sustainable development role for events; Part III: Strategic perspectives and the events sector; 9. Sustainability, for whom?; 10. Strategic dimensions of hosting sustainable events; 11. Conventions and conferences: trends and challenges in sustainability.
- Part IV: Insights from the field: case studies12. Juggling the environmental, social and economic benefits and costs of a green event; 13. Jack Johnson and sustainable music events: a case study; 14. It's not just about the film: festivals, sustainability, and small cities; Part V: Sustainable futures: visions of action and hope; 15. Sustainable strategies in the twenty-first century; 16. Imitation, positivity and the sustainable event; Index.