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geography of sport  

Definition

  • Sports throughout the world are influenced by both the physical and the human geographies of a given location. Despite this relationship and the wealth of potential research topics, geographers tend not to treat sports as a serious academic theme, although economists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, and even psychiatrists have done so. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Sports, Geography of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F1ZMZ495-0

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