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Study on the Thermal Environment and Indoor Comfort of Half Glass Curtain Buildings – a Case of Kouhu Visitor Center in Yunlin County, Taiwan

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
Located in the subtropics, the high temperature in summer affects indoor living environments in Taiwan. The use of perspective glass material for modern public buildings increases the transparency of landscape views; however, the solar radiation heat ...
Liang Ta-Ching, Peng Szu-Hsien
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Educación para el Ocio: Ha llegado la hora de un nuevo objetivo para una vieja idea.

Pedagogía Social: Revista Interuniversitaria, 2012
La Educación para el Ocio nos sitúa ante una vieja idea, que está siendo examinada con renovado vigor en Canadá. Profesionales e investigadores de diversas disciplinas (por ejemplo, en el ámbito de Salud, la Justicia, la Educación o la Recreación ...
Susan Hutchinson, Brenda Robertson
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Consuming post-disaster destinations: The case of Sichuan, China [PDF]

, 2014
Addressing the call for a better understanding of tourist behavior in relation to post-disaster destinations, this study explores the motivations and intentions of potential domestic tourists (from non-hit areas) to visit Sichuan, China in the aftermath ...
Aguiló, Amujo, Ashworth, Avital Biran, Biran, Biran, Birkmann, Blom, Bloor, Braun, Brislin, Bryman, Carlsen, Carlsen, Churchill, Cioccio, Coats, Cresswell, Duhachek, Dunford, Dunkely, Faulkner, Field, Fishbein, Floyd, Gang Li, Gotham, Hair, Henderson, Huan, Huang, Hwang, Hyde, Hystad, Jang, Kang, Kelman, Kim, Klenosky, Kline, Ladkin, Lam, Lennon, Lin, Line, McKercher, McKercher, Medway, Miller, Park, Pearce, Pelling, Pelling, Philips, Phillimore, Prideaux, Ritchie, Rittichainuwat, Rittichainuwat, Rittichainuwat, Rittichainuwat, Robbie, Rojek, Seaton, Seaton, Seaton, Sharpley, Sparks, Stone, Stone, Stone, Stone, Strange, Thi Le, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Uriely, Victoria Eichhorn, Wei Liu, West, Yang   +79 more
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Plant Functional Composition, Ecological Niche Distribution, and Biodiversity Measures Across Urban Grasslands of Different Size, Localisation, and Type

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban grasslands (UGs) are among the most abundant type of green infrastructure in cities worldwide. They deliver a range of ecosystem services and perform numerous ecosystem functions. To ensure the multifunctionality of UGs, enhancing their biodiversity is crucial; however, owing to urbanisation effects and inappropriate management, UGs ...
Małgorzata W. Raduła, Tomasz H. Szymura, Sebastian Świerszcz, Hassanali Mollashahi, Magdalena Szymura   +4 more
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Toward a Better Understanding of Minimalistic Motives: Consumption Typology, Scale Development, and Validation

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research has acknowledged that a large and growing number of consumers worldwide have adopted a minimalistic philosophy and engaged in minimalistic consumption. However, extant research has generally grouped all minimalists together, thus limiting the theoretical and practical relevance of minimalism to the field of marketing.
Aniruddha Pangarkar, Paurav Shukla, Charles R. Taylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the Cost of Leisure Time for Recreation Demand Models [PDF]

, 1999
Peter Feather, W. Douglass Shaw
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Psychological Mechanisms Behind the Influence of Immersive Technologies on Consumer Well‐Being

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immersive technologies, such as augmented reality and virtual reality, enrich daily life with numerous benefits but also introduce risks such as impulsive spending and escapism. Despite their growing influence, the psychological mechanisms underlying these effects and the impact on consumer well‐being remain underexplored.
Sungeun Ange Kim, Sheau Fen Crystal Yap
wiley   +1 more source

Recreation in the ME or is it WE jungle [PDF]

, 2006
At this years Thinking Recreation symposium I was inspired by the enthusiasm delegates shared for debating, rather than seeking solutions to, a range of issues such as youth deviance, physical inactivity, resource allocation, and managing the environment.
Grant, Bevan C.
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Volunteers and volunteering in leisure : social science perspectives [PDF]

, 2010
Leisure has been widely examined within the context of social science theory; however, little work has considered the range of social science disciplines and applied them to specific phenomena located within the leisure field.
Baum, T.G., Holmes, K., Lockstone-Binney, L., Smith, Karen M.   +3 more
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source