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Contrasting Screen-Time and Green-Time: A Case for Using Smart Technology and Nature to Optimize Learning Processes

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Theresa S. S. Schilhab   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

User fees, equity and the benefits of public outdoor recreation services [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper addresses the question of who benefits from public recreation areas. Employing a set of survey data from users and nonusers of state-owned recreation and conservation areas in Finland, we derive two measures for distributional analysis.
Huhtala, Anni, Pouta, Eija
core   +1 more source

Wildlife temporal behaviors in response to human activity changes during and following COVID‐19 park closures

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
With urbanization reducing the amount of available wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation increasing the human activity within wildlife habitats, it is important to understand the effects of human activity on animal behavior. This study examined how the reduction in human presence in urban parks in Gainesville, Florida, affected the temporal ...
Maya Fives, Matthew Hallett
wiley   +1 more source

A Simulation Approach to Comparing Multiple Site Recreation Demand Models Using Chesapeake Bay Survey Data [PDF]

open access: yes
To value water quality improvements in the Chesapeake Bay or elsewhere, it is necessary to choose an appropriate model of consumer behavior. A number of different travel cost based recreation demand models have been employed to value changes in water ...
Kling, Catherine L.
core   +1 more source

Using programmable infusion pump in avian species – a validation methodology in geese

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife face anthropogenic and natural stressors that affect their physiology and behaviour. The activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and glucocorticoid (GC) production is intrinsically linked with energy regulation and environmental stressors.
Myriam Trottier‐Paquet   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outdoor recreation and its ecological impacts: Methods for quantifying outdoor recreation

open access: yes, 2007
Cet article est le premier d'un diptyque qui se propose de faire le point sur l'état de la recherche, confrontée aux préoccupations des gestionnaires, en ce qui concerne les impacts écologiques de la fréquentation. Il s'intéresse à l'étude quantitative de la fréquentation, dans le but d'analyser ses impacts sur les milieux forestiers.
Blanc, Frédéric   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Riding Through Norms: Creating and Performing Athletic Femininity at American Ladies’ Equestrian Exhibitions, 1850–1890

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
wiley   +1 more source

PANEL STRATIFICATION IN META-ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMIC STUDIES [PDF]

open access: yes
Meta-analyses of past research outcomes are becoming more popular, however, the issue of the panel nature of data has not been empirically investigated. We test various forms of data stratifications into panels for outdoor recreation economic studies but
Loomis, John B.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

FINANCIALIZED GREEN STATE ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND THE URBANIZATION OF MOUNTAINS: Chongli’s Consumption‐based Territorial Business Model for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

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