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Sports organizations in the light of environmental sustainability and ecologic footprintÇevresel sürdürülebilirlik ve ekolojik ayak izi isiginda spor organizasyonlari

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In this article, under the concept of environmental sustainability, it is focused on sustainability of sports organizations, ecologic footprints and its environmental effects. Sustainable development tries to maximize the resource productivity through activities such like protection of energy and un-renewable resources, reducing the risks, pollution prevention, reducing the ecologic footprints and minimization of wastes. Active and passive participation to sports events create an important effect on natural environment. Environmental degradation is caused by carbon emissions stemming from going to the events and coming back by all the shareholders, wastes produced in those areas, water and energy used to keep the playgrounds very green, arrangement of the fields, environmental damages of the constructions and many other factors, and they are required to be eliminated. In recent years, studies conducted on the environmental effects of big sports events have become frequently a current issue and host cities/countries have taken the proper steps in this regard and tried to apply the sanctions. We encounter development of a sustainability plan intended to produce carbon neutral, zero waste and a sustainable organization as one of the most efficient practices in determination of score in candidacy competition for the Olympic Games. Although IOC has involved aspect for protection of the environment, as third one, into the sports and culture aspects of Olympic movement, our way to use natural resources of the world in terms of sports organizations demonstrate that our ecologic footprint has increased. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu makalede, çevresel sürdürülebilirlik kavrami çatisi altinda, spor organizasyonlarinin sürdürülebilirligi, ekolojik ayak izleri ve çevresel etkileri konularina odaklanilmistir. Sürdürülebilir kalkinma, enerji ve yenilenemeyen kaynaklarin korunmasi, risklerin azaltilmasi, kirliligin önlenmesi, ekolojik ayak izinin küçültülmesi ve atigin en aza indirgenmesi gibi faaliyetler yoluyla kaynak verimliligini en üst düzeye çikarmak için çabalamaktadir. Spor olaylarina aktif ve pasif katilim, dogal çevre üzerinde önemli bir etki yaratir. Tüm paydaslar tarafindan olaylara gidis ve gelisten kaynaklanan karbon emisyonlari, bu alanlarda üretilen atiklar, oyun alanlarini yemyesil tutabilmek için kullanilan su ve enerji, alanlarin düzenlenmesi, insaatlarinin çevresel zararlari ve daha birçok etmen çevresel bozulmaya yol açmakta ve elimine edilmesi gerekmektedir. Büyük spor olaylarinin çevresel etkileri konusunda yapilan çalismalar, son zamanlarda sik sik gündeme gelmekte ev sahibi sehir\ülkeler bu konuda gerekli önlemleri alarak, yaptirimlari uygulamaya çalismaktadirlar. Karbon nötr, sifir atik ve sürdürülebilir bir organizasyon gerçeklestirmeyi amaçlayan bir sürdürülebilirlik planini gelistirilmesi, Olimpiyat Oyunlari adaylik yarisinda sonucun belirlenmesinde en etkili uygulamalardan birisi olarak karsimiza çikmaktadir. IOC Olimpik hareketin spor ve kültür boyutunun yanina üçüncü olarak, çevrenin korunmasi boyutunu eklemesine ragmen, spor organizasyonlari açisindan dünyadaki dogal kaynaklari kullanma seklimiz ekolojik ayak izimizin büyüdügünü göstermektedir. Önemli spor olaylarinin çevresel etkisini azaltmaya yönelik birçok çabaya ragmen, kapsamli ölçümler, degerlendirmeler ve spor sektöründeki çevresel sürdürülebilirlik çalismalari, yeterince tatmin edici olmadigi görülmektedir. Yönetim alaninda çevresel sürdürülebilirlik literatürünün zengin olmasina ragmen, spor yönetimi içinde çok sinirli kaldigi söylenebilir.

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