Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider some of the issues of vulnerability and risk, mitigation, adaptation and the adaptive capacity of events. Given the significance of events to community, society and the economy, it seems imperative that the risks of any potential negative...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine emerging trends in event and festival research and also in the themes and topics being studied in this area. Design/methodology/approach – Taking an innovative approach, this paper used an abridged version of Q methodology to...