Sport, space and the city
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Sport, space and the city
Routledge, 1993
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 194-206
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Sport, Space and the City" highlights the changing nature of "football space", the growing rationalization and modernization of British football landscape and the impact of football on the urban environment. Initially played in open spaces, football now takes place in highly enclosed, confined spaces. Employing both the literature of the terraces and the ideas of cultural theorists and geographers, the author explores the gradual territorialization of football. Traditional landscapes have helped to create a sense of place-pride for many fans; for many local citizens the stadium and the game remains a source of annoyance or fear. New economic demands are increasing the pressure on many clubs to relocate and to envision the stadium within the more lucrative structure of leisure complexes on the edge of cities. Fans are markedly less keen than developers on such a move. With the prospect of the loss of a sense of place, the simple enjoyment of the game has been transformed into political activism. The British case is set within the context of football and landscapes in both Europe and North America to explore international responses to both place-pride and "pollution".
Table of Contents
- Sport, football and the city
- changing shape of the stadium
- the paradox of modern stadium landscapes
- football, the stadium and a sense of place
- when Saturday comes
- the impact of the stadium
- questions of location and relocation
- interpretation and prospects.
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