Table 8
Trends in the study of sustainability areas in relation to type of events.
| Total | Period % | ||||
| Articles | % | 1964-1999 | 2000-2014 | 2015-2020 | |
| Giga-event (n = 219) | |||||
| Economic | 52 | 23.7 | 25.0 | 20.5 | 28.8 |
| Social | 70 | 31.9 | 31.3 | 31.5 | 33.3 |
| Environmental | 87 | 39.7 | 43.8 | 41.7 | 34.8 |
| Others | 10 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| Mega-event (n = 87) | |||||
| Economic | 22 | 25.3 | 0.0 | 22.8 | 26.9 |
| Social | 25 | 28.7 | 0.0 | 29.8 | 30.8 |
| Environmental | 39 | 44.8 | 0.0 | 45.6 | 42.3 |
| Others | 1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| Big event (n = 33) | |||||
| Economic | 8 | 24.3 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 9.1 |
| Social | 13 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 54.5 |
| Environmental | 11 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 27.3 |
| Others | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| National/regional (n = 134) | |||||
| Economic | 35 | 26.1 | 0.0 | 27.4 | 24.6 |
| Social | 54 | 40.3 | 0.0 | 34.2 | 47.5 |
| Environmental | 45 | 33.6 | 0.0 | 38.4 | 27.9 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
