02440nam 2200565Ia 450 991113702740332120260607123604.01-280-10903-30-203-47867-3978020347867710.4324/9780203478677 (CKB)1000000000253944(EBL)178736(OCoLC)437081630(SSID)ssj0000250122(PQKBManifestationID)11211321(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250122(PQKBWorkID)10229686(PQKB)10194919(MiAaPQ)EBC178736(OCoLC)52156614 (FlBoTFG)9780203478677(EXLCZ)99100000000025394420030320d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSports geography /John Bale2nd ed.London Routledge20031 online resource (209 p.)Previous ed.: London : Spon, 1989.9780419252207 Includes bibliographical references and index.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'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 aGeographySportsGeography.Sports.796Bale John393202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9911137027403321Sports geography4870395UNINA