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Research

Here, we cover all research related to sport and the natural environment: the recent, the relevant, the revolutionary.

Our goal is to synthesize sport ecology research in one place, so researchers and practitioners have access to the latest information.

If you would like more information about any of the studies included here, please contact our team!

For students: We will help you find the original work (full length texts). Get in touch.

For academics: if you've published something about - or related to - sport ecology and we've missed it, get in touch.

Note: The SEG does not own the intellectual rights nor copyright to the texts discussed herein. We share summaries of relevant research, and cite the original work, to make academic articles more accessible to people outside the academic community.

This database is searchable - Start here

The environmental impact of golf (2006)

Drs. Wheeler and Nauright provide an overview of the history of golf and the intricacies of the coupled human-nature relationship on a golf course, followed by a review of the environmental impacts of the sport. First, there are some positive environmental attributes of golf courses: these spaces represent useful and positive recreational land uses, provide wildlife habitats, protect underlying soils from water and wind erosion. However, as golf is linked with nature, many co

Consumer behavior and demand responses to climate change (2012)

This paper is a systematic review of existing studies on tourism and climate change from a demand perspective. Key points include: - Winter tourism has been a focal point for tourism and climate change research. We can expect to see an increase in visitation to winter destinations under moderate warming conditions but decrease in visitation under extreme heat conditions. - Some research has been done on reef degradation and loss on dive tourism destinations (because reef he

NEW! Research Round Ups.

Each time our team members attend an academic conference to present our work, we will aim to share a Round-Up of the relevant new research here.

First installment:

NASSM 2020 Research Round-Up