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Learning from leisure: Developing nature connectedness in outdoor education [PDF]

, 2011
The “greening” of outdoor education has received increasing attention from educators in Aotearoa-New Zealand and internationally. Given contemporary global concerns about the scale of environmental issues and the associated recognition that educating for
Cosgriff, Marg
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Tour Suggestion for Outdoor Activities [PDF]

, 2013
The present article introduces the outdoor activity tour suggestion problem (OATSP). This problem involves finding a closed path of maximal attractiveness in a transportation network graph, given a target path length and tolerance. Total path attractiveness is evaluated as the sum of the average arc attractiveness and the sum of the vertex prizes in ...
Maervoet, Joris, Brackman, Pascal, Verbeeck, Katja, De Causmaecker, Patrick, Vanden Berghe, Greet   +4 more
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Physical education students outdoor and indoor sports preferences in relation to their pro-environmental behaviour

Physical Education of Students, 2022
Background and Study Aim. There is strong evidence linking outdoor physical activity with health benefits, but little is known about its impact on pro-environmental behaviour. Therefore, this study seeks to clarify this research problem.
Marcin Pasek, Tetiana Mytskan
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The Effects of Outdoor versus Indoor Exercise on Psychological Health, Physical Health, and Physical Activity Behaviour: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Trials

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
A growing body of research is exploring the potential added health benefits of exercise when performed outdoors in nature versus indoors. This systematic review aimed to compare the effects of exercise in outdoor environments versus indoor environments ...
Matthew Noseworthy, Luke Peddie, E. Buckler, Faith Park, Margaret Pham, Spencer Pratt, Arpreet Singh, E. Puterman, T. Liu-Ambrose   +8 more
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Psychological benefits of outdoor physical activity in natural versus urban environments: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of experimental studies

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2022
The impact of environmental context on the psychological benefits derived from physical activity has attracted research attention in recent years. Previous reviews have compared effects of indoor versus outdoor exercise.
Claire Wicks, J. Barton, S. Orbell, L. Andrews   +3 more
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Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015
A diverse, cross-sectorial group of partners, stakeholders and researchers, collaborated to develop an evidence-informed Position Statement on active outdoor play for children aged 3–12 years. The Position Statement was created in response to practitioner, academic, legal, insurance and public debate, dialogue and disagreement on the relative benefits ...
Tremblay, Mark S., Gray, Casey, Babcock, Shawna, Barnes, Joel, Bradstreet, Christa Costas, Carr, Dawn, Chabot, Guylaine, Choquette, Louise, Chorney, David, Collyer, Cam, Herrington, Susan, Janson, Katherine, Janssen, Ian, Larouche, Richard, Pickett, William, Power, Marlene, Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen, Simon, Brenda, Brussoni, Mariana   +18 more
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Optimization Study of Outdoor Activity Space Wind Environment in Residential Areas Based on Spatial Syntax and Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

Sustainability
In the context of increasing global energy shortages and climate change, the human living environment, as a crucial component of residents’ daily lives, has garnered growing attention from the academic community.
Peng Cao, Tian Li
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Energy Optimization for Outdoor Activity Recognition [PDF]

Journal of Sensors, 2016
The mobile phone is no longer only a communication device, but also a powerful environmental sensing unit that can monitor a user’s ambient context. Mobile users take their devices with them everywhere which increases the availability of persons’ traces.
Mehdi Boukhechba, Abdenour Bouzouane, Bruno Bouchard 0001, Charles Gouin-Vallerand, Sylvain Giroux   +4 more
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Outdoor activity and walking for leisure in the COVID-19 era: their correlates and mutual relationship

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
The pandemic has changed daily urban life, including leisure activities and travel patterns. Although several studies have tracked changes in leisure and travel behavior due to the pandemic, few have analyzed the effects of COVID-19 preventive behavior ...
Tsolmon Bayarsaikhan, Moon-Hyun Kim, Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim   +2 more
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Analysis of the current status and influencing factors of myopia among the primary and middle school students in Jiading District, Shanghai

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo explore and analyze the influencing factors of myopia among the primary and middle school students, and to provide an evidence for the prevention and control of myopia in students through the combination of scientific use in electronic ...
ZHAO Feng, WANG Wanyue, ZHANG Long, XU Lixin, JIA Yingnan, LI Jian   +5 more
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