Chapter 1: Running Tourism and the Global Rise of Small-Scale Sport Tourism Events.- Chapter 2: Sport Tourism Events and Sustainable Local Development - An Overview.- Chapter 3: Defining a Methodology for a Cross-national Comparative Study.- Chapter 4: Algeria: Economic, social and environmental aspects of a road race on a city half marathon. Beja?a case study.- Chapter 5: Brasil: The impact of small-scale sport tourism events. The case of the 21K Guaruj? 2016.- Chapter 6: Czech Republic: Sport tourism development - between tradition and new trends.- Chapter 7: France: The socioeconomic impact of a half marathon. The case of Phalempin as part of an international study.- Chapter 8: Hungary: The socioeconomic impact of urban running events on local and regional development in Debrecen.- Chapter 9: Italy: Sport tourism events. The case of the Rome-Ostia half marathon.- Chapter 10: Portugal: Small-scale sport tourism events and local sustainable development. The case of the III Running Wonders Coimbra.- Chapter 11: Romania: Bucharest international marathon-the impact of a half marathon race from an environmental, economic and socio-cultural perspective.- Chapter 12.- Switzerland: Small-scale sport tourism events and local sustainable development. The case of the 12 and 24km of the Vall?e De Joux-the Tour du Lac.- Chapter 13: Current trens in small scale sport tourism events and sustainable local development: A comparative approach.- Index.