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The last 20 years has witnessed an explosion of professional sporting and leisure activities, driven by consumers having more disposable income to spend, economic globalization, multi-channel 24 hour TV, the WWWeb and mobile telecommunications all hungry for content and information. It comes as no surprise then, that science and engineering have already embraced these opportunities with the advent of new disciplines like sports nutrition, sports psychology and the latest one onto the scene, sports engineering. This paper analyses some of the recent and likely future developments, and on this basis puts forward the view that sports engineering will be a transforming agent for the Sports & Leisure Industry well into the 21st Century. The yardstick for these developments will be considerations of sustainability, briefly introduced here in analytical categories, and their resulting innovation potentials.
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Keith Hanna, R., Moritz, E.F. (2006). Sports Engineering and Sustainability. In: Moritz, E.F., Haake, S. (eds) The Engineering of Sport 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-45951-6_9
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