Sport Tourism, Island Territories and Sustainable Development

Foreword.- Introduction.- Part I. Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks: A Comparison of Place from an Eco-territorial Perspective.- Chapter 1. Small Island States or Territories.- Chapter 2. The Geography of Island Spaces: Adventure Grounds for Sport Tourism.- Chapter 3. Sport Tourism, island territories and sustainable development: A literature review on the contribution of sport tourism to the sustainable development goals in island settings.- Chapter 4. Conceiving of Islands as Ecoterritories.- Chapter 5. A Comparative Methodology Re(de)fined: Place or Space.- Part II. From Islands to Archipelagos: Sport Tourism in a Globalized World.- The Mediterranean Sea (inclusive of the Tyrrhenian Sea).- Chapter 6. Sport Tourism in Malta: Getting Off the Beach.- Chapter 7.The Emerging Sport Tourism Destination of Sardinia.- Chapter 8. Kalymnos as a Sustainable Destination.- The North (Baltic) Sea.- Chapter 9. A Case Study of Helgoland and Rügen Island.- The Atlantic Ocean.- Chapter 10. Azores: Sport tourism Development towards Sustainability.- Chapter 11. Sport Tourism in the Canary Islands: The Diversification of Mass Tourism.- Chapter 12. Madeira archipelago: Paths to a sustainable nature sport tourism destination.- The Caribbean Sea.- Chapter 13. Barbados Islands.- The Pacific Ocean.- Chapter 14. Sport Tourism in French Polynesia.- Chapter 15. Sport Tourism in Tahiti.- Chapter 16: Sport Tourism and Local Sustainable Development in Small Island Territories: The Case of Kiribati.- Chapter 17. Triathlon Race in Irago on the tip of the Atsumi Peninsula in Japan.- Chapter 18. Sport Tourism, Sporty Leisure and Sustainable Development in Singapore.- The Indian Ocean.- Chapter 19. How Sport Tourism Helps Small Islands Destinations to Improve their Resilience: The Case Study of La Reunion Island.- Chapter 20. Mauritius as a Sustainable Island Destination: Opportunities, Implications and Challenges for Sport Tourism.- Chapter 21. Towards the

Claude Sobry is an economist by training. He is now Professor Eméritus at the University of Lille where he taught at the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Sports Sciences. He first became interested in the economy of sport and then in sports tourism. He founded the International Research Network In Sport Tourism in 2010, a network of academics from all countries and disciplines. He has lectured and participated to conferences in many countries and published numerous articles, chapters and books.