Book chapter
Events, Festivals, and Sustainability: The Woodford Folk Festival, Australia
The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability, pp.583-597
Springer International Publishing
2018
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Abstract
This chapter considers the issues pertaining to sustainability in relation to festivals and events. It introduces the context of festivals and events, highlighting the growth in the size and scale of the events sector. The chapter then moves on to discuss some of the key sustainability issues and challenges facing events and festivals by examining a case study of a particular event—the Woodford Folk Festival in Australia—which has addressed these challenges in innovative ways. Woodford Folk Festival can be considered as a leading example of best practice in terms of sustainable festivals. Finally, the chapter considers the lessons learned by Woodford Folk Festival in the course of meeting the sustainability challenges and also identifies important lessons for other festival and event organisers.
Details
- Title
- Events, Festivals, and Sustainability: The Woodford Folk Festival, Australia
- Creators
- Kirsten Holmes - Curtin UniversityJudith Mair - The University of Queensland
- Contributors
- Robert Brinkmann (Editor) - Hofstra UniversitySandra J. Garren (Editor) - Hofstra University
- Publication Details
- The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability, pp.583-597
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Number of pages
- 15
- Identifiers
- 991013309815302368
- Copyright
- © 2018 The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter