International sports events : impacts, experiences and identities / edited by Richard Shipway and Alan Fyall

Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Physical Description: xv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators: Shipway, Richard and Fyall, Alan

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Routledge advances in tourism ; 25.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.International sports events: moving toward a future research agenda / Alan Fyall -- pt. I Impacts and legacies of international sports events -- 2.Evaluating economic impacts of international sports events / Leo Jago -- 3.Exploring the political and international relations dimensions of hosting sports mega events through the lens of the 2010 FIFA World Cup[™] in South Africa / Suzanne Dowse -- 4.Mega sports events and the potential to create a legacy of increased sport participation in the host country: A London 2012 Olympic promise or Olympic dream? / Kate Hughes -- 5.`No manual available': The creation of a youth Olympic legacy - a case study of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games / Donna Wong -- 6.The cultural legacy of the 2012 Games / Nancy Stevenson -- 7.Sports events: Do we need to set limits? / Debbie Sadd -- pt. II Consumer behaviour and the participant experience at sports events -- 8.Understanding the `event experience' of active sports tourists: Long distance endurance triathletes / Amanda Miller -- 9.Sailing events and the participant experience / Holly Henderson -- 10.Golf tourists' satisfaction: Hard-core versus recreational golf tourists / Nuno Ricardo Dias -- 11.The Olympic experience from a distance: The case of the equestrian events at the 2008 Games / Katherine Dashper -- 12.Adventure tourism as a series of memorable events: Women travellers' walking experiences in New Zealand / Kevin Hannam -- pt. III Sports events and identities -- 13.Olympic tourists: Seeking a sense of belonging and the construction of social identities / Naomi Kirkup -- 14.Encouraging active identities and lifestyles: The spatialities of youth mountain biking / Katherine King -- 15.Stadia, identity and belonging: Stirring the sleeping giants of sports tourism / Richard Keith Wright -- 16.Distance running events and the `third place' / Richard Shipway.

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9780415672399 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415672392 (hbk : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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