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A Comparative Methodology Re(de)fined: Place or Space

In: Sport Tourism, Island Territories and Sustainable Development

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  • Derek Rheenen

    (Cultural Studies of Sport in Education, University of California Berkeley)

  • Olivier Naria

    (Université de La Réunion)

  • Ricardo Melo

    (Coimbra Education School, Polytechnic of Coimbra)

  • Claude Sobry

    (Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Université of Lille)

Abstract

This chapter provides a revised comparative methodology for studying islands as ecoterritories and their promotion of sport tourism as a vehicle for sustainable development. It is based on the previous work of the International Research Network in Sport Tourism (IRNIST). This comparative framework acknowledges critical factors such as socioeconomic influences, local cultural (e.g., indigenous) contexts, and the relative level of isolation and vulnerability that characterize these unique and highly diverse small island states or territories. By focusing on a geographic or spatial unit of analysis, this international research project seeks to contrast similar or like territories and their unique and diverse relationships to sport tourism and sustainable development. This proposed framework provides a common methodology to research how sport tourism as a local to global (e.g., glocal) enterprise has the potential to integrate the multiple dimensions of sustainable development in these unique contexts.

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  • Derek Rheenen & Olivier Naria & Ricardo Melo & Claude Sobry, 2024. "A Comparative Methodology Re(de)fined: Place or Space," Sports Economics, Management, and Policy, in: Derek Van Rheenen & Olivier Naria & Ricardo Melo & Claude Sobry (ed.), Sport Tourism, Island Territories and Sustainable Development, chapter 0, pages 95-107, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:semchp:978-3-031-51705-1_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51705-1_6
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