Kirsten Holmes, Michael Hughes, Judith Mair, Jack Carlsen

Events and Sustainability (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to the full range of issues and topics relevant to event sustainability including impacts, operating and policy environments and the role of events in stimulating urban regeneration as well as practical knowledge on how to achieve a sustainable event.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317800262
• Artikelnr.: 42539344

Autorenporträt

Kirsten Holmes is an Associate Professor in Tourism at Curtin University, Western Australia. She has 14 years' experience of teaching event management and event sustainability in the UK and Australia. Her research examines volunteerism in tourism and leisure settings, with a focus on events.

Michael Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. He has a keen interest in environmental management, policy and sustainability. Michael has published on perceptions of nature, industrial development in remote natural areas and the value of wildlife tourism.

Judith Mair is a Senior Lecturer in Event Management in the UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Australia. She is author of Conferences and Conventions: A Research Perspective. Her research interests include events, tourism and sustainability and she has published many journal articles on these topics in international journals.

Jack Carlsen has 30 years of academic experience and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University, Western Australia. He has an extensive research track record, which has produced more than 150 career publications on various topics related to sustainable tourism planning, markets, development and evaluation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to sustainable events 2. The internal and external
environment for sustainable event organisers 3. Sustainable events and
public policy 4. Sustainable events and urban regeneration 5. Economic
impacts of events 6. Environmental impacts of events 7. Socio-cultural
impacts of events 8. Delivering the sustainable event 9. Employment,
volunteering and sustainable events 10. Risk and crisis management for
sustainable events 11. The challenge of creating sustainable event legacies
12. Creating sustainable legacies from events 13. Developing sustainable
events - summary and future directions