For Geography and Sport, Sport Geography or Geography of Sport
Journal Title: Geosport for Society - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Sport through its forms of expression and organization, through quantitative and qualitative features of the participants and spectators, through the fact that it is an inseparable part of daily life on Earth, by on - going local, regional, national or international area, requires a geographical analysis, where meet two essential parts: the space and time to which the analysis focused on the links between sports and place. The literature shows a large number of specialists in interdisciplinary studies on sport, geography, and other scientific fields as economics, medicine, sociology, tourism etc. Through this study we aimed to present a series of conceptual and methodological arguments specific for geography and useful in spatial analysis of sport, all supported by highlighting some representative papers in this interdisciplinary research field direction. All arguments converge to Gaffney's definition that "sport is inherently geographic."
Authors and Affiliations
ILIEȘ Alexandru, DEHOORNE Olivier, WENDT Jan A. , KOZMA Gábor
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