Events and the Environment

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].…