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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"recreation experience"”.
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Conceptual Development and Empirical Testing of an Outdoor Recreation Experience Model: The Recreation Experience Matrix (REM)
… four issues, including: (a) whether outdoor recreation experiences not included in the Recreation Experience Preference (REP) scales exist; (b) whether these experiences can be categorized using a framework called the Recreation Experience Matrix (REM); (c) how well the Recreation Opportunity …
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Recreation Experience Preferences of Subgroups of Participants in Selected Water-Based Activities
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Universal Design and Nature Trails: Balancing Accessibility, Site Integrity, and the Recreation Experience
… Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines in outdoor recreation settings. The purpose was three-fold: to develop site- and user-friendly design principles for non-urban, accessible nature trails; to design and construct a trail based on those principles; and to evaluate both principles and trail by …
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Towards an understanding of the effect of commercial/industrial activity on the quality of the recreation experience within urban river corridors
… activity on the quality of the recreation experience for participants in both water-based or water-enhanced outdoor recreation activities within an urban river corridor. In addition, the study specifies the relationship between social, psychological and use characteristics of …
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An Evaluation of Visitor Decisions Regarding Alternative Transportation in Glacier National Park
… the intersection of national park visitors' recreation experience preference and their decisions toward shuttle use in a national park. Expanding upon the theory of planned behavior, this study explores the effects of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control as well as …
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An Evaluation of Visitor Decisions Regarding Alternative Transportation in Glacier National Park
… the intersection of national park visitors' recreation experience preference and their decisions toward shuttle use in a national park. Expanding upon the theory of planned behavior, this study explores the effects of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control as well as …
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Recreation and gambling behaviors among college students
… and compared with their motivation for other recreational activities. Students (N = 996) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas completed self-report questionnaires including The South Oaks Gambling Screen (Lesieur and Bloom, 1987) and the Recreation Experience Preference Scales (Driver, …
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Quality of experience: a discussion on experiential access to outdoor environments
… in the environment that contribute to a positive recreation experience for people with visual impairment. Experiential qualities of the environment for both people who are sighted and those who are blind were compared through the analysis of eight contemporary authors' writings related to …
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An assessment of recreational carrying capacity at Infanta, South Cape
… direct observations. Projections of potential recreational demand anticipated at the proposed higher level of development are made. An assessment of recreational carrying capacity indicates in broad terms what levels of use are acceptable for the different recreational activities pursued in the …
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Extracurricular adventure programming in higher education: student motivations at a university climbing wall
… adventure programs as an option for campus recreation (Bentley, 2005; Festeu, 2002). Outdoor recreation has become a component of American society and its popularity continues to increase. Outdoor adventure programs offered by colleges and universities across the United States represent …
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The socio-cultural meanings of outdoor recreation: an exploration of Hispanic recreation experiences on the forests of Southern California
Outdoor recreation on national forests near large urban centers is changing and diversifying as users of many ethnic and racial backgrounds increasingly choose urban-proximate forests as recreation sites. These changes are particularly evident on the national forests of Southern California where …
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Motorised outdoor recreation pursuits in the Lower Umfolozi and Hlabisa Coastal Districts of KwaZulu-Natal
… emotional stress as people battle to survive. Recreation activities provide people with an outlet to release this stress. In the past few years a great deal of attention was focused in the way people spent their leisure time. This study focuses on outdoor motorised recreation pursuits in the …
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Informal recreation in upland Britain : a comparative study of two sites in Lancashire
[Preface]:The use of an area for informal recreation will have long-term environmental effects, particularly on the vegetation. Changes associated with large numbers of visitors may be plain to see, but less noticeable changes induced in areas of lower use may be just as important to the …