Social impacts are increasingly used as one of the main justifications for staging and funding events, and yet there is very little empirical evidence on the ex

Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and

Festival and Event Tourism Impacts provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the multi-faceted impacts that festival and events have on a host community,

The Routledge Handbook of Events explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies associated with the rapidly expanding domain of Event Studies.

The development of the festival and event industry has seen large scale growth and extensive government support as a result of objectives to enhance and project