Urban sportscapes: An environmental deterministic perspective on the management of youth sport participation |
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| Institution: | 1. Fox Professor of Management, Department of Sports Administration, College of Business, Ohio University, United States;2. Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Canada;3. Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity/Department of Geography, Ryerson University, Canada;4. School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada;5. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway;1. School of Health Sciences, Federation University, Australia;2. Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia;1. Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia;2. Centre for Applied Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;3. Institute for Sport Business, Loughborough University, London, UK;1. Department of Sports and Leisure Studies, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea;2. Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, The Open University of Hong Kong, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong;3. Sport Management, Georgia Southern University, 62 Georgia Ave, Statesboro GA 30460, USA;1. UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, 1-15 Broadway, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia;2. Surf Life Saving Australia, Locked Bag 1010, Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines sport participation from an environmental perspective by considering the dynamic role of the sportscape (built-form and supporting infrastructure) in enabling, facilitating and promoting youth sport participation. Complementing recent work by Wicker et al. (2013), we conduct a case study of the ‘geography of sport’ in the Greater Toronto Area. In the process we introduce the concept of facility ‘gravitas’ to capture the attractiveness or ‘magnetism’ of sportscape entities and thereby acknowledge the multifaceted sets of environmental factors (including the bricks-and-mortar of facilities and the supporting mechanisms such as transportation, coaches and clubs) that influence sport participation. The results demonstrate that the geography of sport is not only about where sport venue built-forms are located, but also what types of sport infrastructure are available. To develop a better understanding of sport participation it is important to assess the capacity and quality of the sportscape along with other supporting structures and facilitators. The paper points to the implications for managers and policy makers from this perspective. |
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| Keywords: | Sport geography Sport development Infrastructure Policy Demographics |
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