Sports Geography
Published on 9. November 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-419-14390-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book is about the significance to sport of place, location and landscape. It describes the geographical growth of sport, its characteristic landscapes and its location and patterns. Drawing on examples from around the world, with many illustrations and maps, John Bale considers questions such as regional and national variations in sporting skills, the relationship between location and profitability for professional sport and the ways in which developments have influenced the landscape.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps, diagrams, further reading list, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-419-14390-1 (9780419143901)
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Content
Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. The geographical bases of modern sport. Space and sport. Sport space as symbol. Place attachment and sport. Performance and place. Cross cultural voyeurism. A data rich subject. Origins and diffusion of modern sport. Folk origins. From local to national. A global system. The growth of sport as innovation diffusion. Sport as social control. Conclusions. Some modern locational tendencies. Sports hierarchies. Periodic marketing of sport. Relocation. Shifting centres of success. Changing spatial margins of viability. Widening margins of recruitment. Conclusions. Economic geographical impacts. Spin-offs and multipliers. Fandoms. Negative impacts. An ecological note. Conclusions. Sport and Landscape. From landscape to sportscape. Confinement and artifice. Golf: a case study. Finding space for sport. Sport, environment and the senses. Conclusions. Sports regions. Mental sport maps. Identifying sports regions. Player migration patterns. International patterns of athletic productivity. Analysing the Olympics. Sport for all or few? Regions of interest and involvement. Patterns of regional change. Degrees of diversification. Conclusions. The spatial reorganisation of sports. Reorganising an existing sport pattern. Geographical reorganisation of fixture lists. Rationalizing recruiting. Concluding comments. Alternative frameworks? Some avenues to explore. Appendix. Author index. Subject index.