Routledge Handbook of Sport and the Environment

Routledge Handbook of Sport and the Environment
Author: Brian P. McCullough
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Environmental ethics
ISBN: 9780367896867

This book goes further than ever before in surveying the challenges and the opportunities presented to the sports industry as it engages with the sustainability agenda, and explores the ways in which scholars can integrate sustainability into their research.

Sport and Environmental Sustainability

Sport and Environmental Sustainability
Author: Greg Dingle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2020-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000072827

Drawing on recent work in sport studies, business and management, health, science, and law, this book offers a critical examination of the latest published research on sport and environmental sustainability. It examines how strategic management, policy and education influence the relationship between sport and the natural environment, and how the transmission and advancement of knowledge via research journals can, and should, have an impact on policy and practice. Covering sport at all levels, from professional to non-profit, and across all sectors of sport management, from marketing and events to facilities and communications, Sport and Environmental Sustainability makes a powerful argument for an awareness of, and need for, environmental sustainability in sport. Chapters outline the research and methods used, expose gaps in the literature and encourage opportunities for future inter-disciplinary research. Topics include sport and climate change, sport and safeguarding air and water quality, education for sustainability, and sport policy. This is an invaluable resource for researchers in sport and environmental sustainability, and academics working in sport management, business, recreation and leisure studies, and sustainability programs, as well as sport policymakers and industry practitioners.

Greenwashing Sport

Greenwashing Sport
Author: Toby Miller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317333470

Professional sports promote their green credentials and yet remain complicit in our global environmental crisis Sports are responsible for significant carbon footprints through stadium construction and energy use, player and spectator travel, and media coverage. The impact of sports on climate change is further compounded by sponsorship deals with the gas and petroleum industries—imbuing those extractive corporations with a positive image by embedding them within the everyday pleasure of sport. Toby Miller argues that such activities amount to "greenwashing". Scrutinizing motor racing, association football, and the Olympics, Miller weighs up their environmental policies, their rhetoric of conservation and sustainability, and their green credentials. The book concludes with the role of green citizenship and organic fan activism in promoting pro-environmental sports. This is a must-read for students and researchers in media, communications, sociology, cultural studies, and environmental studies.

Sport and the Environment

Sport and the Environment
Author: Brian Wilson
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-07-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1787690296

This volume examines sport’s relationship with the environment in the context of the ongoing climate crisis. Contributors examine how sport is implicated in environmentally damaging activities,how decisions are made about how to respond to environmental issues, who benefits most and least from these decisions.

Beyond Winning

Beyond Winning
Author: Kim Payne
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2013-08-20
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0762797185

These days it seems everyone has a youth sports horror story—whether it’s about a tyrant coach obsessed with his team record that only plays the best kids on the team, or a parent who publicly berates his kid for not making a goal. But should it really only be all about winning? What about having fun, learning a sport, and developing athletic skills? Beyond Winning with Whole Child Sports offers an alternative approach to teaching sports to kids. It deemphasizes short-term goals like winning and youth championships and discourages the introduction of adult-oriented, league-structured competition. Instead it emphasizes training techniques and coaching strategies aimed at improving core strength, balance, and creativity in aspiring athletes, using an age-appropriate four-stage timeline, based on a child’s physical, psychological, and neurological development. Beyond Winning with Whole Child Sports provides frustrated parents with help in the form of advice and concrete solutions to common questions, and step-by-step instructions for helping young children develop athletic ability in an environment that’s less structured while encouraging athletic and personal growth. It also reveals how to avoid bullying, trash talk, and elitism.

The Sports Gene

The Sports Gene
Author: David Epstein
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 161723012X

The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive training? In this controversial and engaging exploration of athletic success and the so-called 10,000-hour rule, David Epstein tackles the great nature vs. nurture debate and traces how far science has come in solving it. Through on-the-ground reporting from below the equator and above the Arctic Circle, revealing conversations with leading scientists and Olympic champions, and interviews with athletes who have rare genetic mutations or physical traits, Epstein forces us to rethink the very nature of athleticism.

Science as a Contact Sport

Science as a Contact Sport
Author: Stephen H. Schneider
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: 1426205406

Schneider's firsthand account of a scientific and political odyssey, in which he navigates both the turbulent waters of the world's power structures and the arcane theater of academic debaters.

Heat Stress in Sport and Exercise

Heat Stress in Sport and Exercise
Author: Julien D. Périard
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2019-03-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319935151

The book is designed to provide a flowing description of the physiology of heat stress, the illnesses associated with heat exposure, recommendations on optimising health and performance, and an examination of Olympic sports played in potentially hot environmental conditions. In the first section the book examines how heat stress effects performance by outlining the basics of thermoregulation and how these responses impact on cardiovascular, central nervous system, and skeletal muscle function. It also outlines the pathophysiology and treatment of exertional heat illness, as well as the role of hydration status during exercise in the heat. Thereafter, countermeasures (e.g. cooling and heat acclimation) are covered and an explanation as to how they may aid in decreasing the incidence of heat illness and minimise the impairment in performance is provided. A novel and particular feature of the book is its inclusion of sport-specific chapters in which the influence of heat stress on performance and health is described, as well as strategies and policies adopted by the governing bodies in trying to offset the deleterious role of thermal strain. Given the breadth and scope of the sections, the book will be a reference guide for clinicians, practitioners, coaches, athletes, researchers, and students.

The Business and Culture of Sports

The Business and Culture of Sports
Author: Joseph Maguire
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028664989

"Presents sports-related issues and incidents as case studies to illustrate the economic and cultural impact of sports in the twenty-first century"--

Sustainability and Sport

Sustainability and Sport
Author: Jill Savery
Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781863359122

Sustainability and Sport is a synthesis of contemporary insights and expertise offered from a novel collection of thirty-four practitioners and academics in the field, who continue to play key roles in the expansion of sustainable solutions for major sport events, sport organizations and society. This seminal book details the most important insights from these experts in making sport more sustainable, and in using sport to promote sustainability. It is a guide for good practice within the sports industry, as well as a research and knowledge exchange guide for the burgeoning field of sport and sustainability. Industry pioneers, event managers, athletes, global sport event sponsors, academics, sport organizations, NGOs, international organizations, business strategists, event bid teams, technical consultants, and others working in this emerging discipline offer their perspectives to share and create knowledge. A significant section of the book is devoted to fostering sustainability at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, including perspectives on event management, sustainable development and urban regeneration, event legacies, corporate sponsorship activation, and maximizing engagement with sport event audiences.