EVNT2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Global Reporting Initiative, Habitat Destruction, Fraser Island
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Evnt2000 fundamentals of event management- semester 2, 2017. Impacts of events: explain different types (positive and negative) of the different impacts- environmental, economic, socio-cultural give examples- think of event. Important to understand different types of legacy, with examples hard & soft. Gri (global reporting initiative: how does it relate to event legacies look at gri website linked in week 3 lec. Busier holiday periods (gold coast already quite populated) Social dislocation ho(cid:373)eless (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e (cid:373)o(cid:448)ed to (cid:271)uild athlete"s (cid:448)illage et(cid:272) Increase threat terrorism if something happened, australia would no longer be seen as safe in the world. Conflicts between international, national, state, local bodies. Scandal with misallocation of funding reflects poorly on political scene. More people on beaches & other natural landscapes- erosion, destruction. Tourist not knowing boundaries in environment feeding birds, dingos (fraser island) Spending $ to improve infrastructure/transport systems to hold new visitors. Exploiting local businesses at expense of games achieving standard (commonwealth games)
