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Editorial. Sports Geography : an overview [PDF]

open access: yesBelgeo, 2008
Geographical studies of sports are not new. The first time that sport was mentioned in a geographical publication was in 1879 when Elisee Reclus said something about cricket in his Geographie Universelle. In 1919 Hilderbrand published in the National Geographic Magazine The Geography of Games.
John Bale, Trudo Dejonghe
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For Geography and Sport, Sport Geography or Geography of Sport [PDF]

open access: yesGeoSport for Society, 2014
Sport through its forms of expression and organization, through quantitative and qualitative features of the participants and spectators, through the fact that it is an inseparable part of daily life on Earth, by on-going local, regional, national or ...
Alexandru ILIEȘ   +3 more
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Barriers and facilitators of sports participation among rural-dwelling, Hispanic girls in southwestern United States: a qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Less than one third of American children meet physical activity guidelines, with well-established disparities by gender. Sports are one of the best investments for promoting youth physical activity, but both rural and Hispanic girls ...
Ashleigh Johnson   +4 more
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GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE FORMATION OF A SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION

open access: yesНаука. Инновации. Технологии, 2022
Introduction. One of the new directions in socio-economic geography is the geography of sports. In Russian geographical science, its development is at an early stage.
I. P. Suprunchuk
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Pour une géographie des courses à pied en France

open access: yesCybergeo, 2021
Running has been developing rapidly in France for several decades, and this practice is accompanied by an increase in the number of sporting events in many areas.
François Madoré, Stéphane Loret
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Theoretical aspects of the impact of geographical factors on the basketball game [PDF]

open access: yesGeoSport for Society, 2023
Embarking on a scholarly expedition through the intricate intersection of geography and basketball, this article delves into the theoretical aspects of the impact of geographical factors on the game. As we navigate this comprehensive exploration, we will
Ioan FEFLEA   +2 more
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Relational Space: Football as a Meta Fetishism

open access: yesCoğrafya Dergisi, 2023
The concept of space, which is constantly reshaped within the routine activity of geography, forms its contexts through the processes it undergoes, and constructs its basic relations through the “other”.
Mazlum Ar
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Extracting locations from sport and exercise-related social media messages using a neural network-based bilingual toponym recognition model

open access: yesJournal of Spatial Information Science, 2022
Sport and exercise contribute to health and well-being in cities. While previous research has mainly focused on activities at specific locations such as sport facilities, "informal sport" that occur at arbitrary locations across the city have been ...
Pengyuan Liu   +7 more
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Comparative evolution of the phenomenon of geography of sports on national and global levels [PDF]

open access: yesGeoSport for Society, 2019
This study is a research of national and global evolution of literature on sports and geography with a view to emphasize emergence of a new category of study, least dealt with, whose impact on environment and society is tremendous.
Marin CHIRAZI
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Teaching sports geography

open access: yesJournal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
10.1080/03098265.2023.2284177 ; Journal of Geography in Higher Education ; 48 ; 1 ; 1 ...
Tim Hall, Shaun Lin
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