Date of Award
2014
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.H.K.
Department
Kinesiology
Keywords
Social sciences, Biological sciences, Ecological, Event, Footprint, Sport
Supervisor
Martyn, Scott G.
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Sport management literature regarding the environmental sustainability (ES) of sport events has been predominately focused on the environmental consequences of staging major events. As a result, there is little research concerned with the environmental impacts of small-scale events on host communities. The primary objective of this study was to calculate the Ecological Footprint (EF) of the 2013 International Children's Games (ICG). Developed in the early 1990s by Wackernagel and Rees, the EF is an analysis tool that measures the resource consumption of a human population within a geographical boundary. The EF of the 2013 ICG was estimated through the creation of an EF calculator capable of measuring the environmental impact of a sporting event in Ontario, as well as data provided by various members of the Windsor-Essex ICG Organization Committee. The results from this study exhibited how the EF concept can support event organizers in staging environmentally sustainable events.
Recommended Citation
Bakos, Andrew, "Environmental sustainability of sporting events in local communities: Assessing the ecological footprint of the 2013 International Children's Games" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5141.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5141