Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

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]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/geography_of_sport

Download this concept: