Published 2014
“…Despite its emergence as a popular concept, sustainability is a complex issue that has been poorly understood by stakeholders, policy makers and organisers
of mega-sport events. Lohman and Dredge (
2012) have noted that even though humans are a fundamental part of the natural environment, leading policy makers such as the International
Olympic Committee, have created policies that solely consider impacts to the physical environment (i.e. transportation and pollution) while ommiting other equally significant environmental impacts such as community displacement (Porter et al., 2009),
use of facilities after the event (Hiller, 2006) and uneven distribution of benefits within the host community (Gaffney, 2010).This paper will review the issues surrounding environmental sustainability of mega-sports events such as the
Summer and Winter
Olympic Games and the World Cup. …”
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