Sports Facilities Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge Handbook of Sport Management

   Edited by Leigh Robinson, Packianathan Chelladurai, Guillaume Bodet, Paul Downward

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Sport Management is the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to theory and practice in sport management ever published. It provides students and scholars with a broad ranging survey of current thinking in contemporary sport management, exploring best practice in core...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
2. Managing Sport Business

   An Introduction

   Edited by Linda Trenberth, David Hassan

   Series: Foundations of Sport Management

   Contemporary sport is both a sophisticated and complex international business and a mass participatory practice run largely by volunteers and community organizations. This authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of sports management helps to explain the modern...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
3. The Sports Management Toolkit

   By Paul Emery

   The Sports Management Toolkit is a practical guide to the most important management tools and techniques available to those working in the sport and leisure industries. Designed to bridge the gap between the classroom and the workplace, it includes ten free-standing chapters, each of which provides...

   Published April 17th 2011 by Routledge
4. Australian Sport

   Antipodean Waves of Change

   Edited by Kristine Toohey, Tracy Taylor

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Australia is only a small player in the world’s political and economic landscapes, yet, for many decades, it has been considered to be a global powerhouse in terms of its sporting successes. In conjunction with this notion, the nation has long been portrayed as having a preoccupation with sport....

   Published November 16th 2010 by Routledge
5. Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management

   6th Edition

   By George Torkildsen

   Edited by Peter Taylor

   For nearly thirty years George Torkildsen’s classic textbook has been the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to sport and leisure management available to students at all levels. Now in a fully revised sixth edition, it is still the only textbook that covers all the key topics taught...

   Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
6. Stadium Worlds

   Football, Space and the Built Environment

   Edited by Sybille Frank, Silke Steets

   Series: Architext

   Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. Four thematic sections bring together an international multi-disciplinary range of perspectives with particular focus on the stadium. Examples from architectural design,...

   Published June 17th 2010 by Routledge
7. Sport Facility Operations Management

   By Stacey Hall, Simon Shibli, Eric Schwarz

   This is the first book to take a truly global look at facilities operations management in the sport industry. Sports facilities management is in the national news with reports from the BBC that three 2012 Olympic venues in London are being evaluated by accountants to see whether they will deliver...

   Published December 22nd 2009 by Routledge
8. The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States

   Cathedrals of Sport

   Edited by Mark Dyreson, Robert Trumpbour

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   Many Americans know more about the stadiums that loom over their cityscapes or college campuses than they do about any other aspect of the nation’s geography. Stadiums serve as iconic monuments of urban and university identities. Indeed, the power of sport in modern American culture has produced ‘...

   Published October 5th 2009 by Routledge
9. Sports Facilities and Technologies

   By Peter Culley, John Pascoe

   Developers, designers and operators are increasingly needing to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities. Placing facilities design and operation at the heart of sports development, this book adopts a holistic approach, integrating...

   Published June 28th 2009 by Routledge
10. The Sport and Fitness Sector

    An Introduction

    Edited by Ben Oakley, Martin Rhys

    Sport and fitness has become a key contemporary industry. Those working within the sector are now expected to demonstrate greater expertise and professional competence than ever before. The Sport and Fitness Sector: An Introduction is a vital resource for all students of sport, leisure and fitness...

    Published April 1st 2008 by Routledge