Deck 15: Impacts and Legacies Through Sustainability

Question 1

The short-term influence a sport facility has on a society, usually measured during the initial operations of the facility is

A) An impact
B) A legacy
C) Sustainability
D) None of the Above

Answer 1

A
Explanation: The question is the definition of an impact (Choice A). Choice B (legacy) are long-term and longitudinal in nature and aim to create an ongoing benefit to the users. Choice C (sustainability) is the process of being renewable for an indefinite period without damaging the environment. Choice D is obviously incorrect.

Question 2

Long-term influences of sport facilities that are longitudinal in nature and aim to create an ongoing benefit to the users are

A) Impacts
B) Legacies
C) Sustainable
D) None of the Above

Answer 2

B
Explanation: The question is the definition of legacies (Choice B). Choice A (impacts) are short-term influences of a sport facility has on society. Choice C (sustainability) is the process of being renewable for an indefinite period without damaging the environment. Choice D is obviously incorrect.

Question 3

Which of the follows is NOT one of the triple line of impacts?

A) Economic
B) Social
C) Environmental
D) Sustainability

Answer 3

D
Explanation: Choice D is the correct answer because sustainability is not part of the triple bottom line of impacts. The triple bottom line of impacts are economic, social, and environmental.

Question 4

What type of impact focuses on the net economic change in a host community directly attributable to a facility?

A) Economic
B) Social
C) Environmental
D) None of the Above

Question 5

The types of impacts measured through an economic impact study include all of the following EXCEPT

A) Direct Impacts
B) Indirect Impacts
C) Implied Impacts
D) Induced Impacts

Question 6

What type of impact focuses on changes of the quality of life of residents of a destination because of a sport facility?

A) Economic
B) Social
C) Environmental
D) None of the Above

Question 7

What type of impact focuses on ongoing benefits to users in terms of the ecological footprint of sport facilities?

A) Economic
B) Social
C) Environmental
D) None of the Above

Question 8

The types of legacies sport facilities influence include all of the following EXCEPT

A) Infrastructural
B) Heritage
C) Sport Development
D) Societal Development

Question 9

The concepts of impacts and legacies are often linked to which of the following concepts?

A) Sustainable sport development and operations
B) Sustainable leisure development and operations
C) Both a and b
D) None of the Above

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a sustainability effort?

A) Recycling
B) Renewal
C) Regeneration
D) Transmission

Question 11

Find an economic impact analysis of a sport facility and summarize the findings.

Question 12

Find a social impact assessment of a sport facility and summarize the findings.

Question 13

A new professional sport stadium is going to be built in your town/city in 2022. It is expected to be able to seat around 100,000 spectators. What do you expect some of the social impacts to be? How would you start to project and measure them?

Question 14

Find an environmental impact assessment or sustainability performance report for a sport facility and summarize the findings.