The Changing Role of Sports in Urban Development: A Case Study of Debrecen (Hungary)
| Autor: | Gábor Kozma, Zsolt Radics, Károly Teperics |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | The International Journal of the History of Sport. 31:1118-1132 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9035 0952-3367 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09523367.2013.865119 |
| Popis: | In the last few decades, researchers are paying more and more attention to study the connections between sports and urban development. The main purpose of this study is to examine the changing role of sports in urban development through the example of Debrecen and to present the differences between the various historical periods. As a result, it can be concluded that on the one hand, in the inter-war years and in the period after 2000, the broader influence of sports was recognised, and local government made special efforts to use sports for the development of local economy, as well as for the improvement of the image of the city. By contrast, in the period between 1945 and 1990, the main approach used was from the side of mass sports, with satisfying the needs of workers and the general population deemed as the most important. On the other hand, from the early 1930s, i.e. from the beginning of urban planning (with the exception of the period during World War II and the 1950s), the leaders of the city pai... |
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