Topic: Human, political and cultural geography of sport

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Book, Karin How Malmö became the world’s most skating-friendly city – what municipalities and associations can learn from a unique initiative (250629)

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Book Reviews

Exploring Perceptions of Route Environments in Relation to Walking Dan Andersson Stockholm: Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH 2024 (review in English by Sarah Spooner, published 241124)

Critical Geographies of Sport: Space, power and sport in global perspective Natalie Koch (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (Karin Book 170908)

Cycling: A Sociology of Vélomobility Peter Cox Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2019 (review in English by Duncan Jamieson, published 191016)

Football and Diaspora: Connecting Dispersed Communities through the Global Game Jeffrey W. Kassing & Sangmi Lee (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Hans Kristian Hognestad, published 240122)

Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting Modernities Mariann Vaczi & Alan Bairner (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2025 (review in English by Helge Chr. Pedersen, published 250901)

Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building: Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond Eivind Å. Skille Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Malcolm MacLean, published 250924)

Mega-Events, City and Power Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2022 (review in English by Christian Tolstrup Jensen, published 230222)

Mega-Events and Globalization: Capital and spectacle in a changing world order Richard Gruneau & John Horne (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (Christian Tolstrup Jensen 181129)

Olympic Villages and Urban Development: Analysis of Spatial Models and Geographic Transformations Valerio della Sala Oxford, Oxon: Peter Lang Publishing 2025 (review in English by Karin Book, published 260313)

Rugby, Soccer and Irish Society: 1921-1990 Conor Murray Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Conor Curran, published 250214)

Sites of Sport: Space, Place, Experience Patricia Vertinsky & John Bale (red) London: Frank Cass Publishers 2004 (Jan Ove Tangen 050208)

The Social Geography of Healthy Aging: The Importance of Place and Space Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha & Karin Volkwein-CaplanMaidenhead, Berks.: Meyer & Meyer Sport 2012 (Josefin Eman 140522)

Sport and Secessionism Mariann Vaczi & Alan Bairner (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2021 (review in English by Matti Goksøyr, published 230331)

Sport in the Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences C. Richard King (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Hans Bolling 181220)

Sport Migrants, Precarity and Identity: Brazilian Footballers in Central and Eastern Europe José Hildo de Oliveira Filho Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, published 241009)

Sports Geography (2nd ed.) John Bale London: Routledge 2003 (Annika Eliasson 031209)

Sports Policy and Politics in the Western Balkans Marko Begović Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Aage Radmann, published 250602)

The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop & Michael M. Goldman (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2023 (review in English by Harald Dolles, published 241018)

The World Walk: 7 Years. 28,000 Miles. 6 Continents. A Grand Meditation, One Step at a Time. Tom Turcich New York: Skyhorse Publishing 2024 (review in English by Duncan R. Jamieson, published 250404)

The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring Benita Heiskanen Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2012 (Anne Tjønndal 160331)

Trekking across America: An Up-Close Look at a Once-Popular Pastime Lyell D. Henry Jr. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 2024 (review in English by Duncan R. Jamieson, published 260128)

Urban Politics of a Sporting Mega Event: Legitimacy and Legacy of Euro 2012 in Anthropological Perspective Malgorzata Zofia Kowalska London: Palgrave Macmillan 2017 (review in English by Christian Tolstrup Jensen, published 191002)