wyszukanych pozycji: 8
The Greening of Golf: Sport, Globalization and the Environment
ISBN: 9781526143662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive study of the varyingresponses to golf-related environmental issues. The authors examine golf as asport and as a global industry, drawing on literaturespertaining to environmental sociology, global social movements, institutionalchange, corporate environmentalism and the sociology of sport. -- .
This book is the first comprehensive study of the varyingresponses to golf-related environmental issues. The authors examine golf as asport and as a g...
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164,43 zł |
Fitness, Technology and Society: Amusing Ourselves to Life
ISBN: 9781138948037 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. We have entered into a new fitness boom characterized by interactive and customizable technology, from active video games such as Wii Fit to fitness apps and 'wearables'. This is the first book to examine these developments through a critical scholarly lens. It argues that human-technology relationships in fitness are now qualitatively different, requiring the consumption and production of information, a shift to 'prosumption' and interactivity. It examines the origins of these trends and implications for wider society, with the new tech rewarding some individuals and groups over others. A... We have entered into a new fitness boom characterized by interactive and customizable technology, from active video games such as Wii Fit to fitnes... |
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702,94 zł |
The Greening of Golf: Sport, Globalization and the Environment
ISBN: 9781472519351 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Golf is a major global industry. It is played by more than 60 million worldwide, and there are more than 32 000 courses across the globe in 140 countries including Africa, Central America and Central Asia. It is a sport that has particularly appealed to the wealth and powerful, though it is increasingly successful in attracting both golfers and spectators from a wide range of demographics. Golf has attractedcriticism regarding its impact on the environment, with particular concerns about its use of pesticides and the resulting impact on both wildlife and humans, and its excessive use of...
Golf is a major global industry. It is played by more than 60 million worldwide, and there are more than 32 000 courses across the globe in 140 countr...
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260,35 zł |
The Greening of Golf: Sport, Globalization and the Environment
ISBN: 9781784993276 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "This is the first comprehensive study of the varying impacts of golf on the environment. Based on extensive empirical research, it includes interviews with major stakeholders in the golf industry as well as members of protest groups. The authors examine golf as a sport and as a global industry, drawing on three discrete literatures - the study of sport as a global social movement, environmental sociology and the study of corporate environmentalism."
"This is the first comprehensive study of the varying impacts of golf on the environment. Based on extensive empirical research, it includes interview...
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465,89 zł |
Re-Thinking Leisure in a Digital Age
ISBN: 9780367584979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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208,23 zł |
Re-Thinking Leisure in a Digital Age
ISBN: 9781138325418 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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702,94 zł |
Fitness, Technology and Society: Amusing Ourselves to Life
ISBN: 9780367406233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The fitness industry is experiencing a new boom characterized by the proliferation of interactive and customizable technology, from exercise-themed video games to smartphone apps to wearable fitness trackers. This new technology presents the possibility of boundless self-tracking, generating highly personalized data for self-assessment and for sharing among friends. While this may be beneficial - for example, in encouraging physical activity - the new fitness boom also raises important questions about the very nature of our relationship with technology. This is the first book to examine these...
The fitness industry is experiencing a new boom characterized by the proliferation of interactive and customizable technology, from exercise-themed vi...
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218,64 zł |
Sport and the Environment: Politics and Preferred Futures
ISBN: 9781787690301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sport and the environment are inextricably linked. Sport is dependent on its environmental contexts and is potentially environmentally impactful in its own right. Sport facilities – like ski hills, golf courses, and stadiums – can upset ecosystems and displace local residents. Teams and fans commonly travel in cars and planes that emit CO2. Rising temperatures might make participation in some sports impossible. Other examples abound. Yet while sport can be environmentally damaging, there is also hope that it can be a force for positive environmental change – for example, in modelling...
Sport and the environment are inextricably linked. Sport is dependent on its environmental contexts and is potentially environmentally impactful in it...
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427,47 zł |