Sustainable mega-events: Beyond the myth of balanced approaches to mega-event sustainability

Event Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-131

  Michael Hall, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hallmark events; Neoliberalism; Political economy; Steady state tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863000972     PISSN: 15259951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/152599512X13343565268294     Document Type: Article

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