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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786297203321

Titolo

Events, society and sustainability : critical and contemporary approaches / / edited by Tomas Pernecky and Michael Luck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-48193-1

0-203-13453-2

1-299-16107-3

1-136-48194-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in event research series

Altri autori (Persone)

LuckMichael <1966->

PerneckyTomas

Disciplina

394.2068

Soggetti

Special events industry

Sustainability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Thinking critically about events and sustainability -- pt. II. Events, sustainability and community -- pt. III. Strategic perspectives and the events sector -- pt. IV. Insights from the field : case studies -- pt. V. Sustainable futures : visions of action and hope.

Sommario/riassunto

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 events, the social and cultural aspects of sustainability have been largely neglected. This book brings together emerging critical perspectives, innovative conceptual frameworks and contemporary case studies. Events cannot be isolated from the actions of humans and this is reflected in the emphasis