Sport and Environmental Sustainability

<p>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.</p><p>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 <em>Sport and Environmental Sustainability</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p>