Sporting Success in Peripheral Cities: Women Non-fans’ Perceptions of Premier League Promotion and Urban Identity

Community engagement has been revealed as a significant approach to heritage sites’ sustainable urban developments. The heritage of a community or city is part of a 'sense of ground' and influences well-being more than tangible goods. At the city level, heritage becomes a source of urban life quality, contributes to the attraction and awareness of people in the city, and constructs cohesiveness. Historic Cairo is one of the most important sites on the world heritage list. In 2011, UNESCO moved towards a new approach to sustainable urban development in historic areas for their great value in the history of any city's culture. This paper aims to review two (Frameworks for two projects in Historic Cairo) at the same heritage site. By examining the community engagement tool that was used toward sustainable urban development. It also seeks to identify the importance of community engagement in sustainable development in historical sites and provides an overview that reviews and discusses the similarities and differences between two frameworks. The methodology followed a qualitative research method, composed of two parts: The first: theoretical part through literature review and the second: analytical part through Documentation of the procedures of the two Case studies. Results obtained from the analysis indicated the level of community engagement in developing heritage sites was low and led to some recommendations for a framework that can be used in the sustainable urban development of historic Cairo. The research findings emphasize the need for stronger engagement strategies that effectively involve and empower the residents in decision-making and planning processes.

Sport has gained significant importance globally, acting as a refuge for individuals to express themselves freely. A strong "sporting culture" within teams is crucial for their success, as it defines their identity and promotes teamwork towards common goals. The primary aim of this study was to explore the best sport coaching styles and establish a desired team culture by synthesizing existing literature to gather and synthesize the existing body of knowledge related to coaching styles and team culture in sports. The review focused on peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and other academic sources published in the last two decades to ensure the inclusion of contemporary research findings. The following data were systematically extracted: (1) coaching styles: specific coaching approaches or behaviors discussed (e.g., autocratic, democratic, transformational, transactional, etc..); (2) team culture: key themes related to team dynamics, shared values, communication patterns, and group cohesion; (3) outcomes measured: metrics used to assess the effectiveness of the coaching style (e.g., athlete performance, team cohesion, psychological outcomes, satisfaction); (4) findings: summary of results and recommendations for coaching and team culture development. This article concludes by synthesizing themes from the literature into recommendations and suggestions for team coaches and team leaders to establish and maintain a positive team culture to enhance the likelihood of team success. Keywords: Sport success; coaching; leadership; sport performance; sport psychology

This study explores the revitalization of Dang Anom Park in Batam City through a sustainable cultural approach that integrates local identity, ecological sensitivity, and inclusive urban design. Rapid infrastructure-driven development in Batam has led to the neglect of public spaces, raising concerns over the loss of urban identity and diminished community interaction. The research aims to address this gap by developing a design strategy that reconnects cultural values with spatial functionality. Employing a qualitative descriptive method, the study includes literature review, field observations, and a SWOT analysis to assess the site’s conditions and potential. The proposed design is guided by three principles: sustainable nature, interactive public space, and accessibility for the elderly and disabled. Design interventions include strategic vegetation to mitigate pollution, cultural elements to enhance identity, and inclusive facilities to support diverse community engagement. The masterplan reimagines the park as an environmentally responsive and socially vibrant public space. The findings demonstrate that culturally grounded design can restore vitality to underused spaces while reinforcing urban identity. While the study offers a valuable conceptual framework, it is limited by its qualitative scope and single-site focus. Future research should incorporate community participation, implementation trials, and broader comparative studies across similar urban contexts. This research contributes to the discourse on sustainable urban development by offering a replicable model for culturally responsive park revitalization in rapidly urbanizing cities.

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to obtain evidence about the scope of the determinants of the willingness to pay (WTP) of the residents in a Spanish city (A Coruña) for keeping a professional football team (Deportivo) competing at the highest level. Apart from the individual socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents and their attitudes as football fans, the authors try to know the influence on the WTP of factors such as the general economic conditions and the plausibility of the team disappearance.Design/methodology/approach– The value of the intangible benefits associated with the team existence is derived from the application of the contingent valuation method (CVM), using two surveys conducted in 2003 and 2012, respectively, with the aim of obtaining information concerning citizens’ behaviour and attitudes towards a professional football team.Findings– The consumption of public goods generated by the local football team is relatively inelastic to the sport success and general economic situation, but the value assigned by residents to those goods depends on these factors. Of the two components of the WTP, the non-use value is especially sensitive to changes both in the Spanish economic conditions and in the quality of the public goods generated by the football team.Originality/value– This is the first study that applies the CVM to a football team controlling for both the general economic conditions and the team sport success and, as such, it provides interesting insights into the nature and scope of the determinants of individuals’ WTP in a CVM setting.

The relevance of the study lies in the fact that in modern conditions globalization acts as the main trend in the development of the modern world; this is noted at the Davos forum in 2019. Development of all spheres of society, the state and the person - from politics, economics - to sports and gender equality. The problem of the research - globalization in sport - is transformation of sport into a global phenomenon, universal in nature, which has significant impact on all aspects of society. Therefore, the scope of dispute and sports culture act as an object of scientific research. Sport stimulates and forms social and cultural reflection on a world scale, reviving the idea of interdependence of humankind in sport and through sport. Unity is formed due to a variety of factors, including a network of communication technologies of financial, political and cultural interdependencies, new cultural forms of interaction that give impetus to sports interactions, forming a single global market for goods, services, behavioral standards, models of sociality, formation of modern values achieving sports success. Problem of globalization in sports is associated with Eurocentric’s, based on formation of European values of sports, sports culture and sports success, and in general sports management. The object of the research is sports management as a condition for the development of sports culture in the context of globalization 4.0. The objectives of the research are to analyze new trends in the global mankind development that influence sports development and culture, contribute to self-fulfillment of a person from the physical and spiritual side as a priority of creative person. Methods - analysis and synthesis, abstraction, cross-cultural analysis, logical and historical, comparative analysis contribute the penetration into complex phenomena and processes of modern reality associated with sports in context of globalization . Results. Globalization is changing usual way people in sports, along with many advantages, has number of negative, painful problems associated with overt commercialization. Globalization has entered single microsystem structure as a process of integration and economic (sports) exchange; global artifacts are present in sports management, to extent that sport is institutionalized on the scale of global sports communities. The form of sports globalization refers to specific way that structuring problems of sports take place and their transfer to the globalization level of (regional) problem solving, that is, global and local integration takes place. Conclusion. Globalization means increase in available methods of organizing sport events, which requires formation of sports concept management - transnational, international, interregional, macro-rational, regional municipal, local organizations require improvement of sports management. This ladder of administrative levels is cut through the functional networks of corporations, international organizations and non-governmental organizations, as well as number of professional international organizations. Internationalization of sports is being determined by globalization.

The relevance of the study lies in the fact that in modern conditions globalization acts as the main trend in the development of the modern world; this is noted at the Davos forum in 2019. Development of all spheres of society, the state and the person - from politics, economics - to sports and gender equality. The problem of the research - globalization in sport - is transformation of sport into a global phenomenon, universal in nature, which has significant impact on all aspects of society. Therefore, the scope of dispute and sports culture act as an object of scientific research. Sport stimulates and forms social and cultural reflection on a world scale, reviving the idea of interdependence of humankind in sport and through sport. Unity is formed due to a variety of factors, including a network of communication technologies of financial, political and cultural interdependencies, new cultural forms of interaction that give impetus to sports interactions, forming a single global market for goods, services, behavioral standards, models of sociality, formation of modern values achieving sports success. Problem of globalization in sports is associated with Eurocentric‟s, based on formation of European values of sports, sports culture and sports success, and in general sports management. The object of the research is sports management as a condition for the development of sports culture in the context of globalization 4.0. The objectives of the research are to analyze new trends in the global mankind development that influence sports development and culture, contribute to self-fulfillment of a person from the physical and spiritual side as a priority of creative person. Methods - analysis and synthesis, abstraction, cross-cultural analysis, logical and historical, comparative analysis contribute the penetration into complex phenomena and processes of modern reality associated with sports in context of globalization. Results. Globalization is changing usual way people in sports, along with many advantages, has number of negative, painful problems associated with overt commercialization. Globalization has entered single microsystem structure as a process of integration and economic (sports) exchange; global artifacts are present in sports management, to extent that sport is institutionalized on the scale of global sports communities. The form of sports globalization refers to specific way that structuring problems of sports take place and their transfer to the globalization level of (regional) problem solving, that is, global and local integration takes place. Conclusion. Globalization means increase in available methods of organizing sport events, which requires formation of sports concept management - transnational, international, interregional, macro-rational, regional municipal, local organizations require improvement of sports management. This ladder of administrative levels is cut through the functional networks of corporations, international organizations and non-governmental organizations, as well as number of professional international organizations. Internationalization of sports is being determined by globalization.

Urbanization and agricultural land use are two of the main drivers of global changes with effects on ecosystem functions and human wellbeing. Green Infrastructure is a new approach in spatial planning contributing to sustainable urban development, and to address urban challenges, such as biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, green economy development, and social cohesion. Because the research focus has been mainly on open green space structures, such as parks, urban forest, green building, street green, but neglected spatial and functional potentials of utilizable agricultural land, this thesis aims at fill this gap. This cumulative thesis addresses how agricultural land in urban and peri-urban landscapes can contribute to the development of urban green infrastructure as a strategy to promote sustainable urban development. Therefore, a number of different research approaches have been applied. First, a quantitative, GIS-based modeling approach looked at spatial potentials, addressing the heterogeneity of peri-urban landscape that defines agricultural potentials and constraints. Second, a participatory approach was applied, involving stakeholder opinions to evaluate multiple urban functions and benefits. Finally, an evidence synthesis was conducted to assess the current state of research on evidence to support future policy making at different levels. The results contribute to the conceptual understanding of urban green infrastructures as a strategic spatial planning approach that incorporates inner-urban utilizable agricultural land and the agriculturally dominated landscape at the outer urban fringe. It highlights the proposition that the linkage of peri-urban farmland with the green infrastructure concept can contribute to a network of multifunctional green spaces to provide multiple benefits to the urban system and to successfully address urban challenges. Four strategies are introduced for spatial planning with the contribution of peri-urban farmland to a strategically planned multifunctional network, namely the connecting, the productive, the integrated, and the adapted way. Finally, this thesis sheds light on the opportunities that arise from the integration of the peri- urban farmland in the green infrastructure concept to support transformation towards a more sustainable urban development. In particular, the inherent core planning principle of multifunctionality endorses the idea of co-benefits that are considered crucial to trigger transformative processes. This work concludes that the linkage of peri-urban farmland with the green infrastructure concept is a promising action field for the development of new pathways for urban transformation towards sustainable urban development. Along with these outcomes, attention is drawn to limitations that remain to be addressed by future research, especially the identification of further mechanisms required to support policy integration at all levels.

Integrating Indigenous games into the educational framework represents a vital opportunity to enhance physical literacy among children, thereby improving their potential for success in sports. These traditional games, deeply rooted in cultural heritage and communal values, serve as practical tools for developing essential physical skills such as coordination, agility, and teamwork while fostering cultural identity and social cohesion. By participating in Indigenous games, children refine their motor skills and cultivate a sense of belonging and pride in their heritage. This research examines the multifaceted benefits of Indigenous games in physical education, emphasizing their contributions to individual skill development and community engagement. This paper advocates for including Indigenous games in modern physical education curricula through a comprehensive analysis, highlighting their potential to provide a holistic approach to physical literacy. Furthermore, it explores the barriers to their integration and suggests best practices for incorporating these culturally significant activities in mainstream sports education. Ultimately, the study underscores the importance of Indigenous games in fostering lifelong physical activity, resilience, and cultural appreciation among children.

Successful transit-oriented development (TOD) requires integrating urban planning measures and TOD-potential success factors while addressing gaps between theoretical practice and practical urban environments for the forthcoming TOD initiatives. This study provides empirical insights into the influencing factors and variables of the TOD-integrated system in Thailand. A quantitative approach with exploratory and confirmatory methods was used to assess multi-stakeholder perceptions through a questionnaire survey in three diverse TOD towns within urban municipality boundaries. The research used a multilevel assessment, including exploratory factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, and covariance-based structural equation modeling. The results provided three key thematic areas for the TOD-integrated practices model, including mixed development and urban identity corresponding to land-use systems prioritizing pedestrian-friendly designs, sustainable and active transport incorporated into transport systems focusing on improving travel behavior, and high density and community well-being for socioeconomic systems to promote urban tourism. The integration of urban planning measures and potential success factors was identified as critical for achieving these thematic areas for the successful TOD outcomes. The results overcome the gap between theory and practice by delivering actionable insights for TOD initiative decision-making by providing an integrated model of land use, transport, and socioeconomics that supports multi-stakeholder collaboration and sustainable urban development, enabling TOD from concept to implementation.

Community engagement is an important approach in the sustainable urban development of heritage sites. During the last two decades, a large number of studies have focused on evolving approaches to heritage protection. These initiatives have tried various approaches or models to strengthen the role of the community in the protection process. Historic Cairo is one of the most important sites on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites. In 2011, UNESCO took a new approach to sustainable urban development in historical areas, given their importance in the history of urban culture. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Community Engagement Tool for the sustainable urban development of heritage sites in two case studies in historic Cairo (Al-Darb Al-Aqaba (URHC) and Souq El-Silah) by examining the instrument of community participation used to transform the landscape of sustainable urban development. It also aims to identify the importance of community involvement in the sustainable development of heritage sites. This method adopts a case study approach and follows a qualitative research approach consisting of two parts: a theoretical part through a literature review and an analytical part through an investigation of two case studies (JSPS procedures in Souq El-Silah and URBAN procedure in Al-Darb Al-Amar). We also explore the data collected and the results of the community consultation process for both projects. The findings show that through capacity building, participatory workshops and mapping tools, local residents became dynamic decision makers in both case studies. More than 70 percent of the community members involved in the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar project reported increased ownership and involvement in heritage protection. In addition, the results of the survey show that the Community Engagement Tool effectively involves and empowers local residents in decision-making and planning processes.

In contemporary society, as innovative paradigms for sustainable urban development are progressively investigated, community engagement is increasingly prioritized to harmonize planning theory with practical application and to create planning initiatives that better address local requirements. At the same time, community engagement is increasingly recognized as an essential element of the planning process, especially in addressing social, environmental and economic sustainability. Therefore, this thesis aims to explore how community engagement influences urban sustainability from different perspectives. This paper evaluates community engagement's role in redeveloping King's Cross Station in London, alongside related case studies from the English system. It examines how grassroots participation can improve environmental conservation and resource management in urban areas, while promoting transparency and equity in decision-making to ensure fair benefits for all societal groups from sustainable development. Additionally, the analysis will address how community engagement supports planning initiatives that meet local economic needs and encourage sustainable economic growth. The above research shows that community participation is an indispensable part of sustainable urban development, and that it helps planners to tailor environmental and economic planning programmes to the realities of the region.

The goal of the article is to determine which components of sustainable and smart development of urban areas are the most important for the economy of a city. For this, regression, cluster and discriminant analysis are applied, using the data of the ranking positions of 180 cities of the world according to the Cities in Motion Index (CIMI) and its components for 2022. The Stata and Statgraphics 19 software packages are used for the calculations. The statistical significance of the input data is confirmed using descriptive statistics, and the normality of the data distribution was determined according to the Shapiro-Wilk test. A regression analysis (based on the least squares method) of the influence of the integral value of CIMI and its components (Human capital, Social cohesion, Environment, Governance, Urban planning, International profile, Technology, Mobility and Transportation) on its first component – Economy, is carried out. It testifies that only four indicators have a statistically significant impact: Cities in Motion, Environment, Urban planning, and International profile. Multiple regression, constructed using the strict screening procedure, confirms these findings; and discriminant analysis proves that the regression equation coefficients is used to predict the Economy variable. Analysis of Spearman’s and Kendall’s correlation matrices prove a close relationship between the Economy, Human capital, Governance, and Cities in motion; direct dependence between Cities in motion and such indicators as Technology, Urban planning, and International profile; average direct connection between Economy, Social cohesion and Mobility and transportation. Cluster analysis using the k-means method in the R Studio software environment made it possible to distinguish eight clusters of cities according to their ranking positions in relation to various parameters of the CIMI index (their number was calculated according to the Sturgess formula, and the optimality of their number is confirmed by the agglomeration scheme according to the Ward method). For the cities of the first cluster (17 cities, 9.44% of the total number analyzed, mostly world capitals), Cities in motion has the greatest impact on the Economy component, while Mobility and Transportation has a lesser impact; for the cities of the second cluster (23 cities, 12.78%, mostly large cities of the United States and China) it is Technology that has the greatest impact; for cities of the third cluster (35 cities, 19.44%, primarily powerful regional centers)it is Cities in motion, International profile, Mobility and transportation, Social cohesion, and Urban planning; for clusters four (9 cities, 5%) and five (6 cities, 3.33%), the regressions are not significant, so these clusters require further study for each city separately; for the cities of the sixth cluster (33 cities, 18, 33%, mostly developed European cities) the most important are Cities In motion, Environment, Governance, Mobility and transportation, Social cohesion, and Urban planning; for the cities of the seventh cluster (10 cities, 5.56%) – Human capital, Social cohesion, and Technology; for cities in the eighth cluster (47 cities, 26.11%, mostly cities facing economic obstacles to their development) – Cities in motion, Environment, Technology, and Urban planning. The discriminant analysis shows that the Environment indicator has the greatest impact on the division of clusters into groups.

Although there are ample resources about government strategies and stakeholders on sustainable urban development, citizens' views have been relatively rare in the sustainability literature. This study examines how citizens' daily communication practices through storytelling agents are related to the intention of sustainable development behaviors that can affect public and environmental policies. The first survey of 110 citizens in the United States was used to confirm storytelling agents and sustainable urban development indicators. The second survey of 352 respondents found that local networks and online communication significantly predicted citizens' intention to participate in the behaviors of effective land use, pollution management, access to public services, and energy conservation. The results showed that citizens did not use social media such as Twitter and YouTube for the intention of sustainable urban development behaviors. The news media did not meet citizens' sustainable urban development information seeking needs. The role that Internet news, Facebook, and local meetings played in drawing citizens' social engagement in communities was emphasized. Implications of the results for the government's public and environmental policymaking were discussed.

Social cohesion is a core dimension of social sustainability and a prerequisite for inclusive, resilient cities. Rapid rural-to-urban migration often exceeds the capacity of cities to accommodate newcomers, leading many immigrants to settle in informal neighborhoods. These areas, typically composed of diverse ethnic groups with distinct cultural, linguistic, and social backgrounds, frequently face challenges in building social cohesion. This study examines how physical elements of public spaces influence social cohesion in multiethnic informal settlements, using the Hesar Imam Khomeini neighborhood in Hamadan, Iran, as a case study. Hesar, with its rural origins and recent influx of Lor, Kurdish, Turkish, and Fars migrants, provides a unique setting to explore the relationship between the built environment and interethnic relations. A conceptual model was developed based on existing literature, and data were collected through a questionnaire survey using a Likert scale. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied to test the hypothesized relationships. The findings demonstrate that physical factors shape social cohesion through a three-stage mechanism: they first foster social interactions among residents, which then contribute to the development of social capital, and ultimately lead to greater social cohesion and integration. These results highlight how inclusive public-space design can support community-based informal-settlement upgrading and sustainable urban development, by strengthening social sustainability outcomes such as cohesion, integration, and resilience.

Improving the green innovation quality (GIQ) of center cities is crucial to achieve sustainable urban agglomeration development. Utilizing data on green patent citations and economic indicators across cities in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration (YRD) from 2003 to 2022, this research examines the influence of center cities’ GIQ on the economic performance of peripheral municipalities. The results show the following: (1) Center cities’ GIQ exerts a significant suppressive effect on peripheral cities’ economic growth overall. Heterogeneity analysis uncovers a distance-dependent duality. GIQ stimulates growth in proximate cities (within 300 km) but suppresses it beyond this threshold. This spatial siphoning effect is notably amplified in national-level center cities. (2) Mechanisms suggest that GIQ accelerates the outflow of skilled labor in peripheral cities through factor agglomeration and industry transfer mechanisms. Concurrently, it impedes the gradient diffusion of urban services, collectively hindering peripheral development. (3) Increased government green attention (GGA) and industry–university–research cooperation (IURC) in centers can mitigate these negative impacts. This paper contributes to the theoretical discourse on center cities’ spatial externalities within agglomerations and offers empirical support and policy insights for the exertion of spillover effects of high-quality green innovation from center cities and the sustainable development of urban agglomeration.