Results 21 to 30 of about 160,881 (302)
Diversifying assessment across the ‘Two Cultures’: student-produced podcasts in Geography [PDF]
, 2013 Since 2008, following growing collective interest in learning technologies and pedagogy, Geography and History departments at Northumbria and Newcastle Universities have successfully incorporated student-generated podcasting into a mixture of science ...
Kemp, Justine +4 more
core +1 more source
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2019 Background GPS tracking is increasingly used in health and aging research to objectively and unobtrusively assess individuals’ daily-life mobility.
Michelle Pasquale Fillekes +4 more
doaj +1 more source
GEOHAZARDS AFFECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE MONUMENTS. A COMPLEX CASE STUDY FROM ROMANIA [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2020 The impact that geohazards have on cultural heritage requires continuous research in order to assess risks, prevention and conservation. This study has as the main research object, a uniquen monument in terms of its connection with the risk phenomena ...
Dorina Camelia ILIEȘ +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Michael Porter's Cluster Theory as a local and regional development tool – the rise and fall of cluster policy in the UK [PDF]
, 2013 There has been much written on industrial agglomeration, but it is Michael Porter’s cluster theory, above all others, which has come to dominate local and regional economic development policy. His work has been adopted by the OECD, EU, national and local
Swords, Jon
core +1 more source
Remote Sensing, 2021 The accelerated development and expansion of cultural tourism in areas with unique tourist objectives, characterised by a high degree of risk in terms of their physical and chemical integrity, requires sustained efforts by all stakeholders to identify ...
Tudor Caciora +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Dissecting action sports studies: Past, present, and beyond [PDF]
, 2013 The term “action sports” broadly refers to a wide range of mostly individualized activities such as BMX, kite-surfing, skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding that differed – at least in their early phases of development – from traditional rule-bound ...
Thorpe, Holly Aysha, Wheaton, Belinda
core +2 more sources
Methodological Aspects Regarding the Planning and Development of Integrated Tourist Routes and Circuits. Case Study: Luncasprie, Romania [PDF]
GeoSport for Society, 2022 The intensification of tourist activities at the level of the Bihor Tourist Destination, in parallel with the increase in the need to diversify the local tourist offer, led to the need to identify new solutions in this regard.
Grigore Vasile HERMAN, Lucian BLAGA
doaj +1 more source
Exploring potential of crowdsourced geographic information in studies of active travel and health: Strava data and cycling behaviour [PDF]
, 2017 In development of sustainable transportation and green city, policymakers encourage people to commute by cycling and walking instead of motor vehicles in cities. One the one hand, cycling and walking enables decrease in air pollution emissions.
Sun, Y.
core +3 more sources
Geography of a sports metropolis [PDF]
Région et Développement, 2007 This study analyses the sports infrastructure of Hamburg, Germany, from the residents’ perspective. Empirical evidence is provided for the Sports Place Theory developed by BALE (2003) using a micro-level dataset of 1,319 sports facilities, which is merged with highly disaggregated data on population, socio-demographic characteristics and land values ...
Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Arne Feddersen
openaire +5 more sources
Editorial. Sports Geography : an overview [PDF]
Belgeo, 2008 Geographical studies of sports are not new. The first time that sport was mentioned in a geographical publication was in 1879 when Elisee Reclus said something about cricket in his Geographie Universelle. In 1919 Hilderbrand published in the National Geographic Magazine The Geography of Games.
Bale, John, Dejonghe, Trudo
openaire +3 more sources