International perspectives of festivals and events: paradigms of analysis / edited by Jane Ali-Knight, Martin Robertson, Alan Fyall and Adele Ladkin

Foreword -- About the authors -- List of contributors -- Introducion -- Part one. Destination, image and development / Martin Robertson: 1. Using major events to promote peripheral urban areas : Deptford and the 2007 Tour de France / Andrew Smith ; 2. Weymouth's once in a lifetime opportunity / Deborah Sadd ; 3. Tourism and the Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary event in Denmark / Janne J. Liburd ; 4. Establishing Singapore as the events and entertainment capital of Asia : strategic brand diversification / M. Foley, G. McPherson, D. McGillivray ; 5. The South Korean hotel sector's perspectives on the "pre-" and "post-event" impacts of the co-hosted 2002 Football World Cup / Misuck Byeon, Neil Carr, Michael Hall -- Part two. Community and identity / Alan Fyall: 6. Indigenous Australia and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games : mediated messages of respect and reconciliation / Leanne White ; 7. How festivals nurture resilience in regional communities / Ros Derrett ; 8. The Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival, Vietnam : opportunity for tourism? / Lee Jolliffe, Huong Thanh Bui, Hang Thy Nguyen ; 9. Tasting Australia : a celebration of cultural identity or an international event? / Graham Brown, Shirley Chappel ; 10. Festivals and tourism in rural economies / Emma H. Wood, Rhodri Thomas -- Part three. Audience and participant experience / Adele Ladkin: 11. Commemorative events : sacrifice, identity and dissonance / Warwick Frost, Fiona Wheeler, Matthew Harvey ; 12. Running commentary : participant experiences at international distance running events / Richard Shipway, Ian Jones ; 13. Elite sports tours : special events with special challenges / Michael Morgan, Richard Wright ; 14. The British pop music festival phenomenon / Chris Stone -- Part four. Managing the event / Jane Ali-Knight: 15. A model for analysing the development of public events / Jörgen Elbe ; 16. Human resources in the business events industry / Krzysztof Celuch, Rob Davidson ; 17. Measuring the impact of micro-events on local communities : a role for web-based approaches / Geoff Dickson, Simon Milne ; 18. Post-modern heritage, chivalry, park and ride : Le Tour comes to Canterbury / J. Lovell ; 19. Towards safer special events : a structured approach to counter the terrorism threat / Alexandros Paraskevas -- Index