Sports geography / / John Bale

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911137027403321
• Autore: Bale John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-10903-3; 0-203-47867-3; 9780203478677
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 796
• Soggetti: Geography; Sports
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previous ed.: London : Spon, 1989.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The geographical bases of modern sport; The growth and globalisation of sports; Regional dimensions; Sport and location; Sport and welfare geography; Sites, sights and the senses in sports; Imaginative geographies of sport; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Space' and 'place' are concepts central to both geography and sport. Places, for example, are the means of identifying most sports teams, while sport both affects, and is affected by, the physical environment and landscape.In this fully revised and updated edition of his classic, discipline-defining text, John Bale comprehensively explores the relationships between sport, place, location and landscape. Drawing on examples from around the world, the book addresses key topics from the geographical diffusion of modern sport to the economic impact of sport. Also included in this new edition a