Sport, Performance and Sustainability

"This book examines the logic of 'faster, higher, stronger', and the techno-scientific revolution that has driven tremendous growth in the sports economy and in sport performance over the last 100 years. It asks whether this logic needs revisiting in the light of the climate crisis an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Svensson, Daniel (-)
Otros Autores: Backman, Erik, Hedenborg, Susanna, Sörlin, Sverker
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group 2023.
2023.
Colección:Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Series
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009741138106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Overarching logics and issues : tensions and entanglements between sport, performance and sustainability Introduction : balancing performance and environmental sustainability / Daniel Svensson, Erik Backman, Susanna Hedenborg and Sverker Sörlin
  • The idea of natural athletic performance : an interpretation and a defense / Sigmund Loland
  • Part II. Developments and processes : challenges to the performance paradigm?
  • Adventure sports, social media, and environmental activism / Simon Beames and Jack Reed
  • The changing landscape of sport facilities : consequences for practitioners and the environment / Erik Backman, Daniel Svensson and Itai Danielski
  • Environmental sustainability in a fast-emerging sport : the sportification of Padel / Johan Carlsson
  • A diagnosis of sportification and indigenisation in the history of Sámi Lassoing / Isak Lidström and Bo Carlsson
  • Part III. Education and sport sustainability : pedagogical, social and environmental challenges in school sport and physical education
  • Environmental sustainability in physical education : a study of physical education Teachers' perceptions and attitudes towards environmental sustainability in physical education / Andreas Isgren Karlsson and Erik Backman
  • School sport education and sustainability : towards ecological and inclusive student-athletes? / Marie Larneby.