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The study of participant’s attitude of serious leisure and flow experience on Tai-Chi Sport

, 2011
[[abstract]]Nowadays due to fast pace of life style, people are easily burned out by the pressure from work and living. In order to escape form the pressure, recreational activities become a leading role of helping balancing people’s body and mind. Among
LIN WEN-HSIUNG
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CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
wiley   +1 more source

Different Dimensions of Social Support on Social Media and Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intentions Among Chinese College Students Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

JMIR Form Res
Zhang N, Chang CM, Zhang Y, Guo L, Xu Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the leisure-health nexus : continuing an important global conversation

Arguably focus on the connections between leisure and health have weakened over time with the growth of academic and applied specialisation across both fields.
Maxwell, Hazel (R20947), McGrath, Richard, Young, Janette, Peel, Nicole (R18401)   +3 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on the Relationships among Visitors’ Leisure Involvement, Leisure Experience and Place Attachment on Liudui Hakka Cultural Part

, 2012
[[abstract]]There is very important status for Hakka kins in the area of Luidui of the exploratory history in the southern Taiwan. At the same time, the Luidui Hakka cultural park had been established (set) to preserve its culture for purpose. The object
Tien, Yu Feng
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MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

From spectacle to movement? Associations between major sport event perception and sport participation behavior among Host-City residents. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhang Q, Zhang T, Xie Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effect of Leisure & Recreation Liberal Art Lecture in the University on Leisure Attitude

, 2010
Yeon-Ju Lee
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COSMOLOGICAL MARKINGS AND ERASURES: The Political Theology of State‐Led Gentrification and Heritagization

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
Wouter van Gent, Tular Sudarmadi, Bakti Setiawan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source