The externality fields of football grounds: a case study of the Dell, Southampton
1983; Elsevier BV; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0016-7185(83)90037-4
ISSN1872-9398
AutoresColin Mason, David Humphreys, Steven Pinch,
Tópico(s)Place Attachment and Urban Studies
ResumoFootball grounds generate a negative externality — or nuisance— effect which, according to previous work, displays a distance decay pattern. However, on the basis of an exploratory investigation of the negative externality field produced by Southampton Football Club's ground it was found that the various elements which together comprise the general nuisance field varied both in intensity and in spatial extent. The noise nuisance, not surprisingly, is the most localized whilst the parked cars and traffic nuisances are the most extensive. In addition, whereas the specific nuisances of noise, pedestrians and ‘hooliganism’ each exhibit a distance decay pattern the incidence of the parked cars nuisance and, to a lesser extent, the traffic nuisance are less in the immediate vicinity of the ground than further away. Finally, despite the impression conveyed by the media, ‘hooliganism’ was perceived by local residents as much less of a football-generated nuisance than traffic congestion and parked cars.
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