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This book is divided into five sections: Section One evaluates the evolution of events as a discipline and defines what event studies is. Section Two critically reviews the relationship between events and other disciplines such as tourism and sport. Section Three focuses on the management of events. Section Four evaluates the impacts of events from varying political, social and environmental perspectives. Section Five examines the future direction of growth in event-related education and research.

This book draws closely on the authors' personal practical experiences of day-to-day management during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It covers bidding, leadership and planning; venue implementation; communications; functional area considerations; games-time considerations; ceremonies; legacy and sustainability.

This book focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events and the meanings attached to them, the dynamic processes shaping events and why people attend them. It draws from a number of foundation disciplines and closely related professional fields to foster interdisciplinary theory focused on planned events.

This book seeks to provide a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework for planning and managing events. Focusing on the role of the event manager and their diverse responsibilities through each phase of the event planning process, it defines the concept of knowledge in the context of events management, placing it at the centre of professional practice.

This was the first title in a Routledge Major Works series, 'Critical Concepts in Tourism'. It is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research in event tourism.