Events and the Environment

Robert Case

ISBN 10: 0415605954 / ISBN 13: 9780415605953

Published by Routledge, 2013

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Hardcover, xiv + 208 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright throughout with firm binding and unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. A short, gentle crease to the lower outer corner of a portion of leaves. Published without a dust jacket. -- Introduction [Purpose of This Book; What Are Events & What Is the Environment; Changing Relationship of Events & Environment Over Time; Positive & Negative Environmental Impacts; Relationship Between Environmental & Other Impacts; Changing Scale & Nature of Environmental Impacts; Events, Systems & Models of the Environment; Event Industry Interactions with the Environment; Feedback from the Environment on Its Misuse; Structure of the Book]; Environmental Resources for the Event Industry [Natural Environment as a Venue for Events; Built Environment as a Venue for Events; Environmental Constraints on Events; Case Study: Cricket on Shingle Banks in the Solent; How the Weather Disrupts Events; Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics; Case Study: Indian Premier League Tournament in South Africa; Managing Your Own Event; Supply Chain; PESTE Approach to Environmental Audit]; Venues & the Environment [typology of Venues; Venue Location Factors; Southampton Football Club & Hampshire County Cricket Club; Case Study: 2012 Olympics in London's East End; Improving Environmental Design; Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Building, India]; Environmental Impacts at the Micro Scale [Some Intrinsic Problems in Discussing Event Impacts; Positive Impacts; Liverpool Garden Festival; Negative Impacts; Trampling on Dartmoor; Robbie Williams Concert at Knebworth House 2003; Air Quality at the Beijing 2008 Olympics; Mini Case Study: Cautionary Tale from the Reading Festival; Assessing the Overall Environmental Impact of Events: Approaches from Australia]; Environmental Impacts at the Macro Scale [Global Pollutants; Rainfall Acidification & Its Impacts on Forests; Depletion of the Ozone Layer; Greenhouse Gases & Climate Change; Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change; Adapting to Climate Change; Hampshire County Council; Contribution of the Event Industry to Macro-scale Pollution; Carbon Footprint of the London 2012 Olympics; Sydney 2000 Olympics]; Urban Regeneration [How Events Create Urban Regeneration; Evaluation of Urban Regeneration; Athens 2004 Olympics; Barcelona 2000 Olympics]; Environmental Legislation & Standards [Legislative Framework; Events in Antarctica; Case Study: Special Events in the National Historic Sites of Canada in Cape Breton; Standards; Case Study: Implementing BS 8901: Manchester International Festival]; Sustainability: Its Nature & Development as a Concept & Emergence in Event Management [Sustainability: A Contested Idea; Social, Cultural & Political Context of Sustainability; United Nations Conference on Environment & Development in Rio 1992; Protests Against the Event Industry; Event Academe & Industry; Developments in the Industry; Sustainable Event Management Protocols, Principles & Policies; BS 8901: Sustainable Event Management System]; Sustainable Event Management [Lists & Flyers; Mini-Guides & Brochures; Event-Specific Guidelines; World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002; 9th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology & Oceanography, Melbourne 2009; Books; Climate Change: Finding Solutions Conference, University of Winchester 2008]; Monitoring the Environmental Performance of Event Management [History of Environmental Performance Monitoring; ISO 14031 Environmental Performance Evaluation; UN: Conference on Trade & Development & Environmental Accounting; European Union Directives; Defra: Environmental KPIs: Reporting Guidelines for UK Business; Global Reporting Initiative GRI; Event Organizers Sector Supplement EOSS; DIT-ACHIEV Model; Other Approaches]; Future Issues [Environmental Scepticism; Global Recession; Education; Intrinsic Nature of Events; Political Process; Sustainable Management Incentives].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Events and the Environment
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415605954
• ISBN 13: 9780415605953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Many of our planet’s support systems are in crisis. Climate change, resource shortages and environmental pollution threaten our economy and lifestyles. Society as a whole needs to adopt policies that can meet these challenges. The ever expanding event industry is no exception. Anyone involved in organising and managing events needs to understand the complex relationship between events and the environment so that they can implement sustainable management practices.

This is the first book to provide a thorough exploration of the multi-dimensional relationships between events and the environment. It achieves this by not only critically evaluating the positive and negative impacts on the environment but also by reviewing the ways the events industry uses the environment as a resource and how the environment helps to shape events. It traces the evolution of the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development and the implementation of environmental legislation. It offers insights into how sustainable measurement practices can be incorporated into the planning, management and monitoring of events and concludes by reflecting on some of the future environmental issues that still need to be resolved within the industry. It illustrates these ideas with a wide range of case studies at a variety of scales and geographical locations on all the earth’s continents. To encourage reflection on the principal themes and promote critical thinking, there are discussion questions and links to further reading in each chapter.

This book is essential reading for students of Events Management.

About the Author

Robert Case is Programme Leader for Leisure and Events Management at the University of Winchester, UK.