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Sunarto, Sunarto, Hendri Silva, and Sudarmin Sudarmin. "Pekanbaru Indoor Recreation Centre." JURNAL TEKNIK 12, no. 1 (October 2, 2018): 59–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.31849/teknik.v12i1.1797.
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Rekreasi adalah kegiatan yang dilakukan untuk penyegaran kembali jasmani dan rohani seseorang. Secara keseluruhan, rekreasi diartikan bahwa aktifitas yang dilakukan dapat memberikan kepuasan dan kegembiraan yang ditujukan bagi kepuasan jasmani dan rohani manusia. Berdasarkan sifat ruang, rekreasi dapat digolongkan menjadi rekreasi Indoor, Rekreasi Indoor yaitu suatu kegiatan rekreasi yang dilakukan dalam suatu wadah rekreasi, yang dalam wadah tersebut banyak mencakup fasilitas rekreasi dengan menggunakan atap dan dinding sehingga berwujud berupa bangunan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu studi literatur, studi empiris, dan studi lapangan. Kemudian di lakukan analisis terhadap beberapa aspek yang meliputi, aspek manusia, aspek lingkungan, dan aspek bangunan. Dari hasil analisis ditemukan program besaran ruang dan konsep perancangan dengan pendekatan prinsip-prinsip perancangan arsitektur modern.
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Velichkova, Rositsa, Peter Stankov, Radositna A. Angelova, Iskra Simova, and Detelin Markov. "INFLUENCE OF INDOOR POLLUTION AND PARAMETERS ON HUMAN HEALTH." CBU International Conference Proceedings 7 (September 30, 2019): 1015–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.12955/cbup.v7.1493.
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Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important issue, considering that modern people spend most of their time indoors in houses, workplaces, recreation areas. IAQ has a serious impact on human health, comfort, performance, and wellbeing. In order to minimize the negative consequences, considerable efforts are made to assure the high quality of the indoor air. In the present paper, indoor pollution is analysed in light of its effect on IAQ and human health. The indoor pollutants are due to the presence of higher concentrations of chemical species, physical processes or biologicals in the ambient air.
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TWILLEY, Danny, Holland HUNTER, and Laura MORRIS. "Investigating Recreation Activity Type on College Students’ Subjective Well-being and Leisure Satisfaction." Journal of Education and Recreation Patterns 3, no. 2 (December 31, 2022): 175–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.53016/jerp.v3i2.73.
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Those working in higher education have a vested interest in understanding how outdoor recreation activities facilitate happiness in students, especially with student well-being at an all-time low. The following study compares indoor versus outdoor recreation activities within the context of the DRAMMA model of leisure engagement and subjective well-being, which includes the psychological mechanisms of meaning, mastery, detachment-recovery, autonomy, and affiliation. In addition, the role of leisure satisfaction is considered as part of the model. Findings indicated a significant difference in the subjective well-being score between outdoor and indoor recreation participants and a higher score in leisure satisfaction for outdoor than indoor recreation participants.Keywords: DRAMMA, Happiness, Leisure Satisfaction, Recreation Activity
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Schneider, Robert C., William F. Stier, Steve Kampf, Scott Haines, and Brady Gaskins. "Factors Affecting Risk Management of Indoor Campus Recreation Facilities." Recreational Sports Journal 32, no. 2 (October 2008): 114–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.32.2.114.
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Factors affecting risk management of indoor campus recreation facilities were studied. Campus recreation directors of 4-year colleges/universities in North America who held memberships in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) responded to a paper survey consisting of 32 dichotomous yes/no and close-ended multiple-choice questions. Questions addressed staff certification requirements, use of waivers, number of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in the facility, communication and security devices, health screening of participants, and in-person supervision of the facility. Results showed that facilities are open to participants extensively throughout the 7-day week, thus requiring directors to ensure their risk management procedures are up to date—most notably staff members' CPR and first aid certification, as well as AED training.
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Kruszyńska, Ewa, and Joanna Poczta. "Difficulties Limiting Access to Sports and Recreational Facilities in the City in the Perceptions of Service Users. Sports and Recreational Infrastructure Management Policy—Poznan Case Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 5 (March 9, 2020): 1768. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051768.
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The range of sports and recreation facilities’ offer should be very wide in order for all social groups of the examined environment to have access to sports and recreation facilities. Therefore, Poznan City Hall should take into account all difficulties that limit the access to these facilities when preparing management policy of sports and recreation infrastructure and its functioning. That is why the main goal of this study is to recognize difficulties limiting the access to sports and recreation facilities in this city. The research carried out at indoor tennis courts (16 facilities), indoor swimming polls (12 facilities) and fitness clubs (11 facilities) in Poznan covered 1159 service recipients (using the services of a given sports and recreation facility). The author-constructed questionnaire addressed to the service recipients (residents of the city of Poznan who use the services offered at the examined sports and recreation facilities). Furthermore, the service recipients were divided into a group of people doing sports competitively and a group of recipients who have never practiced sports as professional athletes. The validated questionnaire sent to the examined service recipients included suggestions of difficulties that may limit the access to sports and recreation facilities in the city of Poznan. Further analysis of the importance of difficulties that limit the access to sports and recreation facilities may allow indicating the reason why recreational activity of residents is limited. A lower level of satisfaction and thus a lower rating of the respondents was obtained by a set of features constituting, according to the respondents, difficulties limiting the access to the use of sports and recreation facilities (high prices and too great of a distance of the sports and recreation facility from the place of residence).
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Stier, William F., Robert C. Schneider, Steve Kampf, Greg E. Wilding, and Scott Haines. "The Financial and Facility Status of Campus Recreation Programs at NIRSA Colleges and Universities." Recreational Sports Journal 29, no. 2 (November 2005): 127–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.29.2.127.
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Directors of campus recreation at NIRSA colleges and universities in the US and Canada were surveyed to determine: (a) the number of schools that have built, within the preceding three years, major indoor as well as major outdoor campus recreation facilities and the number of institutions planning to do so within the next three years; (b) the usage and scheduling priorities covering all campus recreation facilities; (c) the sources of funding for the construction of these major facilities and sites; and (d) the sources of funding for operational activities for campus recreation. The data were analyzed in terms of school size, location, and whether public or private in nature. The findings revealed that 56% of the institutions surveyed had either recently built new major indoor student recreation centers or were planning to do so, within the next three years. In terms of major outdoor facilities or sites, the percentage was 41%. The majority of construction funds for indoor and outdoor facilities/sites as well as operational funds for programs and activities came from future student fees at most of the public schools. Typically, private schools had the majority of their monies for both indoor and outdoor facilities emanating from private sources while the majority of operating costs was covered through the general fund of the institutions. The sharing of facilities continues with both physical education and with athletics; and, the directors of campus recreation, generally speaking, felt comfortable with such arrangements, even when such arrangements include having athletic and physical education activities take precedence in usage over those of campus recreation.
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Kamau, Roselyn Wanja. "Influence of Gender on Recreational Participation. A Critical Literature Review." Journal of Modern Hospitality 1, no. 1 (November 4, 2022): 54–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jmh.1097.
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Purpose: Recreation is an intentional activity geared towards accomplishment of self and social gains including refurbishment and collective connectivity. The overall objective of this study was to examine influence of gender on recreational participation. A critical literature review
Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps.
Findings: Music followed by singing and dancing while the least popular indoor recreational activity was aerobics and snooker/pool. The most popular outdoor recreational activity was walking while the least popular outdoor recreational activity for women was swimming and playing cards. Frequency of participation in both indoor and outdoor recreational activities by women was influenced by the age. Frequency of participation in both indoor and outdoor recreational activities was not influenced by the family size or the number of children. Frequency of participation in the indoor and outdoor recreational activities by women was not influenced by their monthly income. The family size was not a determining factor for participation in both indoor and outdoor recreational activities
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: This study recommended that the county government should set aside land for developing various recreational facilities within the informal settlement areas to be accessed by all residents to mitigate time constraints; for example, construction of swimming pools since swimming is reported as the least popular outdoor activity.
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Khanum, Fehmida, Muhammad Asghar Khan, and Muhammad Safdar Luqman. "Role of Recreational Activities in the Development of Social Attributes and Learning Skills of the Students." Global Physical Education & Sports Sciences Review III, no. I (December 30, 2020): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpessr.2020(iii-i).03.
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Participation in various recreational have gained remarkable role around the world and considered as revolving force contributes to the overall developments and promotion of its participants. In light of the set objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and tested. In order to collect data, the researcher selected Teachers, Students and Parents from Government Girls Colleges (GGC), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The researcher disclosed their view regarding impact of recreation on youth with the help of structured questionnaire A study was designed to assess their perception regarding the Role of Recreational Activities in the development of Social Attributes And Learning Skills of The Students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. On the basis of findings and gathered information, the researcher put forth the following recommendations to improve the situation. It was found that the researcher found that recreation is the basic need of individual which develop the Social Attributes And Learning Skills Of The Students. Hence, facilities of indoor and outdoor recreation should be provided and picnic spots should be developed to encourage procreative activities.
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Urbonaitė, Inga. "INTEGRATION OF INDOOR SKI SLOPES INTO THE URBAN RECREATION SYSTEM." Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis 2, no. 3 (June 30, 2010): 73–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/mla.2010.056.
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Indoor ski slope is an innovative type of active indoor recreation. This new urban character is simulating the concept of mountain ski resort and is considered to be a strong attraction point all year-round. Due to a big scale and complexity, sustainable integration into an urban context should be very carefully considered. Economical, social, environmental and aesthetic impact on surrounding territories is an important factor to be evaluated. International practice shows that the appropriate integration of the above mentioned typology into urban parks increase their popularity and use of the recreation zone. On the other hand, the alien architecture and egocentric dominance of complexes can cause conflict with the existing urban territories and natural environment. Having indoor ski slopes in mind at the stages of regional and town territorial planning is an important point. Only complex development can bring positive results for sustainable town development, town economy, tourism and social life.
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Hammond, Danielle E., Amy L. McFarland, Jayne M. Zajicek, and Tina M. Waliczek. "Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitudes Toward Their Child's Outdoor Recreation and Their Child's Health." HortTechnology 21, no. 2 (April 2011): 217–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.21.2.217.
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The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between parental attitudes toward nature and their child's outdoor recreation and how these attitudes related to their reports of their child's health problems. The sample for this study consisted of parents of 6- to 13-year-old children from the United States, who accessed the survey from an informational website for gardeners between Mar. and Aug. 2009. Surveys were collected until 142 completed questionnaires were received. The online survey included questions about parents' attitude toward nature, parents' attitudes toward their child's outdoor recreation, an inventory of potential children's health problems, the time children spent in various indoor and outdoor activities, and demographic questions. Descriptive statistics were used to tabulate mean scores on the parental attitude toward nature (PAN) scale and parental attitude toward their child's outdoor recreation (PACOR) scale, both of which indicated overall positive views. Pearson's product–moment correlations indicated statistically significant relationships between the PAN scale, the PACOR scale, and time children spent outdoors. Relationships between time spent indoors on video games or watching television and health problems in children were identified. Time spent outdoors in free play was inversely related to reports of health problems in children.
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Mohd Hashim, N. H., W. H. Wan Ismail, F. R. Sulaiman, and M. A. S. Mokhtar. "Determining Indoor Air Quality in Gymnasium for Indoor Recreation Activity at University Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 385 (November 25, 2019): 012034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/385/1/012034.
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Harisdani, D. D., and Zafirah N. "Governmental Lodging and Recreation with The Approach of Tropical Architecture." International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 5, no. 2 (August 26, 2021): 172–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.32734/ijau.v5i2.6836.
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Lodging and recreational activity are essential activities for training, often held at office of Pusat Pengembangan, Pemberdayaan Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan (PPPPTK) Medan. Office of Pusat Pengembangan, Pemberdayaan Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan (PPPPTK) Medan has had one building as a homestead, but as time progress, the demand for this homestead increase because of the increased activity in recent years. Therefore, the expansion of the homestead and recreational space design is vital to support the training activities. This homestead and outdoor recreation centre design use the methodology to solve problems using a qualitative approach and a quantitative approach by following the data and analysis of the surrounding environment as well as the established governmental building guidelines. The implementation of tropical architecture in the design makes it able to achieve efficient use of energy and be environmentally friendly. This can be seen in the mass concept, indoor concept, outdoor concept, structural concept, circulation system, and utility system. Also, this design blends with the local value of the surrounding environment by applying local wisdom.
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Glover, Nicholas, and Scott Polley. "GOING GREEN: The Effectiveness of a 40-Day Green Exercise Intervention for Insufficiently Active Adults." Sports 7, no. 6 (June 13, 2019): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7060142.
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Increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior is an economic and health priority. This Green Exercise (GEx) study reports on a 40-day physical activity intervention to increase physical activity that primarily used outdoor recreation activities. Adherence, compliance, blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol, anthropometry, strength, dynamic stability, and cardiovascular fitness were assessed 1 week prior and immediately following the 40-day intervention. The results then were compared with a larger study that used the same methodologies but for the exception of primarily indoor physical activities. Results from this study showed similar improvements in health measures to the comparative indoor-based physical activity program with increased adherence and compliance. Improvements in wellbeing were also noted. This GEx study suggests that exercise programs that seek to increase physical activity levels of insufficiently active adults may benefit from including outdoor recreation activities within the program and may also increase participant mental health and general well-being.
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Faiks, Angi, and Philip Herold. "Recreation and sports in Minneapolis: Indoor and outdoor escapes for everyone." College & Research Libraries News 66, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 11–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.66.1.7366.
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Gideon, Okeke, Bons N. Obiadi, I. M. Onuorah, P. U. Mbah, C. C. Okafor, and E. I. Kikanme. "The Architecture of an Indoor Swimming Pool and the Use of Natural Lighting as a Tool in the Enhancement of Visual Comfort of the Users at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State." RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6, no. 1 (September 25, 2023): 66–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.v6.no1.2023.pg66.79.
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Human activities varied and some of them are classified as sports. Sports are activities or experiences that give enjoyment or recreation; pastime; diversion such an activity, when competitive, requiring more or less vigorous bodily exertion and carried on, sometimes as a profession, according to some traditional form or set off rules, whether outdoors or indoors. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on sustainable design strategies for indoor sports halls, with a particular emphasis on reducing energy consumption and costs. Day lighting reduces energy consumption, improves visual comfort, and creates a sense of well- being for users. The people in Awka, are interested in sports, but currently lack a modern indoor swimming hall to address their swimming interest. The primary aim of this research is to create awareness and bring to the attention of the Anambra State urban players that Awka, has no known indoor swimming facility especially, within the Nnamdi Azikiwe University with a huge students’ population. The research adopted qualitative and descriptive research methods dealing with data from both primary and secondary sources. With the introduction of an indoor swimming pool at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the population of the school will increase as it will attract students interested in swimming that is lacking in most southeast schools and cities. This research recommends the introduction of an indoor swimming pool at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and if not for any other thing, to help the university in, increasing their student’s population, create jobs for the students, attract revenue to the university and encourage inter university competitions.
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Bangale, Jaya, and Surekha Devkate. "Involvement of Rural Children in Recreational Play Activities and their views about it." International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 11, no. 4 (April 10, 2022): 165–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2022.1104.023.
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One hundred and fifty rural children (76 female and 74 Male) in the age range of 9 – 12 yrs were chosen at random from 5 villages of Parbhani District (MS) for studying involvement of rural children in recreational play activities and their views about it. The data related to the study were collected by personally interviewing of rural children based on structured and open ended interview schedule. It is obvious from the results that irrespective of gender higher percentage (54-86%) of rural children were observed to be involved in various outdoor play such as Lagori (86.66%) followed by Hide and Seek (85.33%),Chain game (84.00%), Running (83.33%), Kho-kho (80.66%), Chor Shipai (75.33%), Rassi khech (74.00%), Langadi (62), Kabbadi (68.66%), Blind fold (54.00%) for recreation purpose. Further it was observed that sample rural children sometimes used to play indoor play such as Stone games/ Sagargote (60.65%), Five corners (57.89%), Chimani udali bhoor (54.61%) and Bhatukali (47.72%) for recreation purpose. It was recorded that girls are getting less leisure time as compare to boys to involve in recreational activities. With regard to the benefits of involving in recreational activities, all the rural school going children expressed that they experienced sense of joy followed by having improvement in their health status(93.33%), enhanced physical fitness (88.66%), raised status in friends circle (83.33%), improved communication skills (79.33%). children expressed that their involvement in various recreational activities is sometimes become a cause for their parental aggression due to their participation in recreational play activities.
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Shyu, Guey-Shin, Wei-Ta Fang, and Bai-You Cheng. "Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan." Water 12, no. 9 (September 4, 2020): 2479. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12092479.
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Taiwan’s cities exhibit high levels of urbanization, which has resulted in limited recreation space in urban areas. In response, government policies have been enacted to promote the large-scale greening of rivers in urban areas and the establishment of aquatic recreation areas that do not interfere with water flow areas, pavilions for recreation purposes, indoor stadiums, and biking lanes alongside riverbanks to provide citizens with recreation space. An expert team was convened to investigate 50 riverside recreation sites, and the Comfortable Water Environment Rest Assessment Form was devised. The investigation results revealed three factors that contribute to the value of riverside recreation sites; the three factors had a total explanatory power of 70.17%. The factors, namely exercising and leisure, overall design plan and entrance image, and environmental maintenance and service, had an explanatory power of 25.52%, 23.32%, and 21.32%, respectively. Finally, this study provides guidance for constructing service systems for riverside recreation sites by referencing practical cases. This study suggests that future designs focus on the characteristics of visitors as the main consideration when investing resources in recreation sites. In addition, more exercise and recreation equipment and facilities should be provided at recreation sites located within highly populated areas. For recreation sites that feature beautiful scenery, greater degrees of overall design planning and entrance image qualities can be integrated into the recreation sites, and environmental teaching materials can be incorporated into the environment. Furthermore, this study suggests that residents who live near recreation sites form and operate volunteer groups to contribute to environmental maintenance and the relevant services; this would greatly enhance the overall experience of comfort of visitors to the recreation sites. Finally, this study provides guidance for low-intensity construction in high riverbank areas.
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Liebersbach, Joanna, Alina Żabnieńska-Góra, Iwona Polarczyk, and Marderos Ara Sayegh. "Feasibility of Grey Water Heat Recovery in Indoor Swimming Pools." Energies 14, no. 14 (July 13, 2021): 4221. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14144221.
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Swimming pools are used around the world for recreational, rehabilitation and physical activity. From an energy and environmental standpoint, grey water as a waste thermal potential of swimming pools is a valuable heat source produced continuously in extensive, measurable and large quantities. The main objective of this article is to analyse the feasibility of proposed grey water heat recovery (GWHR) system from the showers and backwater from swimming pool filters for an indoor pool located in recreation centre in Poland. Analysis, calculations and results were obtained and discussions of water and energy consumption were carried out for the mentioned indoor swimming pool on the basis of real measurements case study for water flow rate, water temperature in swimming pools and showers. The results ensure a significant potential of energy savings by using the proposed GWHR system, which allows to reduce the energy demand by 34% up to 67% for pool water preheating and domestic hot water (DHW). The environmental impact of proposed GWHR system was analysed and calculated by using Common Air Quality Index. Environmental results are illustrated and discussed specially for the reduction of CO2, NOX, SOX emissions and dust and ensure a significant reduction of these pollutants in range of 34% to 48%.
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Chen, Yung-Chih, Frank C. Tsai, Ming-Jer Tsai, and Wan-Yu Liu. "Recreational Visit to Suburban Forests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Taiwan." Forests 13, no. 8 (July 25, 2022): 1181. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13081181.
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COVID-19 global pandemic has caused massive disruption of travel behaviors along with other aspects of human life, such as social distancing, staying at home, and avoiding crowds. People substituted outdoor activities for indoor activities, and the forest environment has become a popular alternative. Taiwan has a high population density, but it had few COVID-19 confirmed cases in 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. No forest areas have been closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In light of this generally increased demand for suburban forests for recreational uses, the current COVID-19 pandemic situation poses specific challenges regarding forest use, management, and policy. This study integrates visitation numbers of the popular forest recreation area and selects the unblocking index and social distancing index as the COVID-19 index to capture the impacts of forest recreation area on the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan. The results show both COVID-19 indices have high explanatory power for suburban forest visitation and both have a significant impact on the number of visitors. Although the number of visitors to suburban forests decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic alert, it bounced when the COVID-19 outbreak was under control. This study provides a brief overview of management implications for recreational visits during COVID-19. We posed an early warning to forest managers for greater revenge traveling post-COVID-19.
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Ratnapradipa, PhD, MCHES, Dhitinut, Alexandra Barger, BA, and Heewon Yang, PhD, CTRS. "Application of the core areas of environmental health to recreation therapy practices." American Journal of Recreation Therapy 13, no. 1 (February 12, 2017): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.2014.0062.
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Because recreation therapists work in a broad range of settings to promote the well-being of individuals, it is important for them to have an understanding of the role of the environment on individuals’ health. Environmental health is a very broad field, encompassing all aspects of the environment and its impacts on social, emotional, and physical health. It can be divided into 11 core areas: air quality (indoor and outdoor), water quality, radiation, food safety, emergency preparedness, healthy housing, infectious diseases and vector control, toxicology, injury prevention, waste and sanitation, and weather and climate change. This informative article discusses six of the 11 environmental health core areas that recreation therapists and their clients might frequently encounter. This article also provides brief guidelines on preventive actions that can be taken by recreation therapists to reduce the potential risks identified.
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Jo, Wan-Kuen, and Young-Jun Seo. "Indoor and outdoor bioaerosol levels at recreation facilities, elementary schools, and homes." Chemosphere 61, no. 11 (December 2005): 1570–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.04.103.
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Кozbagarova, N. Zh, and К. Т. Ibragimovа. "SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE SYSTEM OF URBAN UNDERGROUND PUBLIC SPACES." Bulletin of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Construction 85, no. 3 (September 14, 2022): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.51488/1680-080x/2022.3-05.
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Underground urbanism is an important way of developing sustainable cities, with an important component - the concept of "Healthy city", its part – sports and recreation. The article presents the results of graphoanalytic analysis of the existing location of outdoor sports grounds and indoor facilities in the pedestrian accessibility zone from the stations of the Almaty metro. These results can be taken into account when developing models of prospective functional and spatial development of the underground environment in connection with the development of the city of Almaty.
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Bily, Viktor. "MODERN APROACH TO MICROCLIMATE CONTROL ON BOARD SHIPS." Scientific Journal of Polonia University 49, no. 6 (January 18, 2022): 146–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.23856/4919.
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Ambient and indoor air pollution have high impact on public health. Safety of indoor air is crucial for well-being and stress tolerance of seafarers due to their prolonged stay in the environment characterized by adjacency of work and leisure premises. Flaws in ventilation and air distribution systems may lead to infiltration and accumulation of pollutants in air of living and recreation premises. However, available onboard HVAC systems designs are not fit to ensure cleanliness and quality of the indoor air of ships accommodation. In this study a new approach for indoor air quality management on board merchant ships is proposed. Air quality standards and requirements analyzed and formal representation formulated. Approximation techniques for thermal comfort index PMV reviewed and computationally efficient polynomial representation proposed. Unified dynamic model of microclimate, thermal comfort and gas composition of air is developed. Model performance was studied in simulation environment with superstructure microclimate model of a real ship. As a proof of the hypothesis a preliminary prototype developed and tested on board of gas carrier vessel. A proposed control optimization problem statement allows implementation of a wide range of indoor air quality and comfort management systems at scale. Prototype multiparameter controller based on microprocessor technology showed potential of performance improvement and scalability for development of distributed control systems.
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Adiv, Naomi. "Paidia meets Ludus: New York City Municipal Pools and the Infrastructure of Play." Social Science History 39, no. 3 (2015): 431–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2015.64.
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From 1870 to the present, the city of New York has built and maintained municipal bathing places including river baths, indoor bathhouses, indoor pools, and outdoor pools, designed around competing motivations of hygiene, recreation, and play. In this paper, I consider what it means for different groups to play in public space using Caillois's (1961) division of ludus—competitive, rule-bound play, and paidia—exuberant, unstructured play. First, using historical examples, I show how these notions of play were expressed in two shifts in the construction of municipal swimming and bathing infrastructure in New York City. In 1870, the enclosure of formerly unstructured bathing spaces at the riverbanks, and the establishment of floating baths in the rivers was meant to structure both time and behavior in the water; in 1936, the construction of 11 enormous swimming pools under Parks Commissioner Robert Moses provided bathing spaces, with recreation at the center of their design program and social function. Second, I offer contemporary ethnographic data from two outdoor pools in Brooklyn to demonstrate how rules around acceptable play are differentially enforced inside of the same institution. Through these historical shifts and contemporary variations, I demonstrate how both the construction and everyday use of municipal bathing infrastructure has been the site of an ongoing tension between ludus and paidia, inflected with urban problematics of class and race.
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Bias, Thomas, Shay Daily, Christiaan Abildso, Heather Venrick, Elizabeth Shay, Samantha Moyers, Adam Hege, et al. "Systematic observation of physical distancing behaviors of trail users during the COVID-19 pandemic." Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living 1, no. 3 (September 23, 2021): 111–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.51250/jheal.v1i3.19.
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During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, opportunities for indoor and sometimes outdoor recreation were restricted across the world. Despite restrictions, many greenways and rail-trails saw increased use. Messaging from the federal and state public health authorities stressed the importance of social distancing and other preventive measures in reducing spread of the coronavirus. Little is known about actual behaviors of individuals and groups using these outdoor recreational opportunities. This study used passive infrared cameras to systematically observe physical distancing behaviors on multi-user trails to assess safety implications of trail use during June 2020. Most interactions occurred with the recommended six feet of distance between users. Maintaining six feet of distance is more likely to occur when groups are no larger than one person, users pass while traveling in opposite directions, and trails are wider. Messaging on multi-user trails should target how groups pass other groups such as: ‘keep six feet’ and ‘pass single file’.
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Baltacı, Furkan. "Changing perspectives of international second home tourists towards recreational activities in Türkiye." PODIUM Sport, Leisure and Tourism Review 13, no. 1 (April 16, 2024): 83–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/podium.v13i1.22825.
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Study Objective: This study aims to empirically analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in international second residence tourists' perspective on recreational activities and their recreational experiences.Methodology/approach: An empirical qualitative perspective was adopted in the study. Online surveys were sent to a total of 500 international second residence tourists in Alanya/Turkey. Analyzes were made on the 430 response data returned.Orginality/value: Recreational areas are extremely important in the destination selection of international second home tourists’. There is a gap in studies focusing on changes in their recreational experiences during the pandemic. For the sustainability of the demand for second homes in the destination, it is necessary to follow the changes experienced during the pandemic process and to make provision for negativities. The study compares the purposes of participating in recreational activities of international second home tourists before the pandemic and during the pandemic period. It also comparatively analyzes the level of participation in indoor, outdoor and virtual recreational activities before the pandemic and during the pandemic period.Main results: Study results confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the recreational activities in which second residence tourists participated.While the pandemic has reduced the interest in indoor activities, it has also increased the interest in outdoor and virtual activities significantly. Theoretical/methodological contributions: The pandemic process has not yet been fully clarified. Thus, the black swan theory remains valid for the Pandemic Process. The results of this study provide an understanding of the effects of COVID-19 specific to the experiences of international second residence tourists. The results of this study will guide the ongoing studies on second homes. Social/management contributions: In the new normal process, the demand for recreation areas has increased. Thus, carrying capacity problems arose. As a result, the destination satisfaction of international second home tourists may decrease and may decide to leave the destination. Locals who cannot use recreational areas may feel displaced. It must be taken into account that the pandemic has brought xenophobia to the agenda. Local governments should definitely make a new plan for the use of recreational areas in order to prevent possible conflicts between international second home tourists and local people.
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Asim, Muhammad, Rumana Khan Shirwani, and Saima Gulzar. "INCREASING TREND TOWARDS PASSIVE RECREATION IN THE METROPOLITAN." Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning 18, no. 1 (June 30, 2015): 44–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.53700/jrap1812015_5.
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Man is the basic entity of this universe, from the origin till now struggling for betterment in life with well organized mechanism pursing all the deeds for comfort and easiness. Man has made a lot of progress and advancement for pursuing daily routine work with the advancement of science and technology. Along with these advancements a number of subjects have evolved for serving human beings, which specifically work for the comfort of their social living and to aid physically and mentally, within an environment; like sociology, psychology environment and above all town planning. This study is conducted to highlight the changing trends of recreation from active to passive. The priorities of people engaging in different types of recreation have changed. People today prefer to go shopping, picnicking, watching movies and indoor sports instead of engaging in physical activities and sports like cricket, football, basketball, badminton, volleyball. The fact for this shift in trends are technological advancements in the field of communication, poor planning concepts, security threats and changed concepts of parenting focused on bounding children at home. Such shifts are physically deteriorating our younger generation leading them to slackness and laziness. Thus, planning objective of healthy society cannot be achieved and at present there is a need to conduct research on this issue and highlight the factors that are responsible for this change. This research visualizes the crucial aspects and puts forward policy recommendation for planners by using quantitative research approach based on qualitative survey. Keywords: Active recreation, passive recreation, technological advancement
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Khisham, Azzaui. "FORMATION OF ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING SOLUTIONS OF MOROCCO HOTELS." Vìsnik Nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu "Lʹvìvsʹka polìtehnìka". Serìâ Arhìtektura 4, no. 1 (March 30, 2022): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.23939/sa2022.01.001.
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The article analyzes the principles of location of the hotel building on the site, the main and auxiliary blocks; definition of the main functional zones, representative zone, zones of parking lots, sports zones, rest and recreation; solution of pedestrian-transport communications on the territory of the site: entrance - exit of special transport, parking of ground and underground parking, pedestrian communication schemes; landscaping of outdoor and indoor spaces: special plantings, lawns, flower beds, rock gardens, installation of noise protection and visual observation zones. The main types of hotel complexes in Morocco are identified.
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Pawlikowska-Piechotka, Anna. "Sports and recreation facilities in schools – history and present state." Sport i Turystyka. Środkowoeuropejskie Czasopismo Naukowe 4, no. 1 (2021): 89–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.16926/sit.2021.04.05.
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The tradition of school sports facilities has its roots in ancient civilizations, primarily in ancient Greece. The preserved ruins of gymnasiums at Delphi, Olympia, Millet, Priene, Dedina, Pergamon, Ephesus or Thermessos, document well that sports facilities were a major part of the education system. They served not only for students and sports training but were opened to the public, used for social gatherings, political meetings and disputes. Contemporary school sports facilities derived from the 19th-century concept of the school’s educational program. It also included the indoor and outdoor physical education classes and facilities used for ‘body-building exercises’ - as it was named. In Poland, according to the current basic curriculum of the Ministry of National Education, the goal of physical education is to shape the long life habit of physical activity. The school activities should develop the appropriate interests and attitudes of students. Therefore, school activities should meet the needs, interests and abilities of the individual student as fully as possible. The present regulations of the Ministry of Education demand, that such classes should take place in a well-equipped sports hall or on a school playground.
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Bielinis, Łukowski, Omelan, Boiko, Takayama, and Grebner. "The Effect of Recreation in a Snow-Covered Forest Environment on the Psychological Wellbeing of Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Study." Forests 10, no. 10 (September 20, 2019): 827. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10100827.
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Forest recreation can be successfully conducted for the purpose of psychological relaxation, as has been proven in previous scientific studies. During the winter in many countries, when snow cover occurs frequently, forest recreation (walking, relaxation, photography, etc.) is common. Nevertheless, whether forest therapy conducted in a forest environment with a snow cover will also have a positive effect on psychological indicators remains unknown. Furthermore, male subjects frequently participate in forest therapy experiments, whereas females are rarely involved. Thus, in this study, the effectuality of forest recreation during winter and with snow cover was tested on 32 young females. For these reasons, the experiment involved 15 min periods of relaxation in a forest environment or in an urban street environment, in addition to a pre-test under indoor conditions (randomized controlled study). Four psychological questionnaires Profile of Mood States (POMS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Restorative Outcome Scale (ROS), Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS)) were administered to participants before and after interventions. Results showed that participants’ levels of negative mood, as measured by different aspects of the POMS questionnaire (tension/anxiety, anger/hostility, depression/dejection, confusion, and fatigue), decreased after exposure to the forest environment. In contrast, both tension/anxiety and anger/hostility increased in the urban street environment. The indicator of negative affect from the PANAS questionnaire also increased after exposure to the urban street environment, whereas the indicator of positive affect based on PANAS was higher in the forest environment than in the urban street environment. Restorativeness and subjective vitality exhibited higher values after exposure to the forest environment in comparison to those from the control and pre-test. The changes in these indicators demonstrate that forest recreation in the snow during winter can significantly increase psychological relaxation in females, as well as show that recreation can be successfully conducted under these winter conditions.
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Basiri, Amin, Valerio Mariani, and Luigi Glielmo. "Improving Visual SLAM by Combining SVO and ORB-SLAM2 with a Complementary Filter to Enhance Indoor Mini-Drone Localization under Varying Conditions." Drones 7, no. 6 (June 19, 2023): 404. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones7060404.
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Mini-drones can be used for a variety of tasks, ranging from weather monitoring to package delivery, search and rescue, and also recreation. In outdoor scenarios, they leverage Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and/or similar systems for localization in order to preserve safety and performance. In indoor scenarios, technologies such as Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (V-SLAM) are used instead. However, more advancements are still required for mini-drone navigation applications, especially in the case of stricter safety requirements. In this research, a novel method for enhancing indoor mini-drone localization performance is proposed. By merging Oriented Rotated Brief SLAM (ORB-SLAM2) and Semi-Direct Monocular Visual Odometry (SVO) via an Adaptive Complementary Filter (ACF), the proposed strategy achieves better position estimates under various conditions (low light in low-surface-texture environments and high flying speed), showing an average percentage error of 18.1% and 25.9% smaller than that of ORB-SLAM and SVO against the ground-truth.
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Huang, Chih Hong, and Sen Chi Pei. "Interior Proliferation and its Improvement of Hydrogen Sulfide from Hot Springs Gas." Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78 (July 2011): 661–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.661.
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For a healthy environment for hot spring recreation, this study discussed the diffusion in the bathroom of hydrogen sulfide gas from hot sulfur springs for an improvement of this harmful situation. Based on empirical measurements and then comparing the results with CFD simulation, the analysis exposed the distribution status of indoor hydrogen sulfide and its diffusion behavior. Results indicate that sulfur springs produce high levels of hydrogen sulfide that are hazardous. And the high concentrations can be improved under ideal ventilation, which was determined by the air exchange rate, flow field efficiency, turbulence and vortex phenomena.
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Li, W. W., C. T. Wong, M. K. Leung, and S. C. Fung. "Floor Vibration due to Human Rhythmic Activities: Tin Shui Wai Public Library Cum Indoor Recreation Centre." Procedia Engineering 14 (2011): 3285–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.07.415.
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Temeeyakul, Natthawadee, and Pawin Sirisali. "Site Suitability Assessment for a Health and Recreation Center’s Public Space, Rangsit, Pathum Thani." Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies (JARS) 21, no. 2 (December 28, 2023): 205–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.56261/jars.v21.258905.
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The objectives of this study are to explore the site suitability for the Rangsit City Health and Recreation Center, to analyze the potentials and the limitations of the locations in identifying an appropriate site, and then finalizing a conceptual design for the Rangsit City Health and Recreation Center’s Public Space in Pathum Thani province. The study methodology included a review of the literature to establish criteria for analyzing the location and developing the proposal of the concept design and a cadastral survey of two potential sites,in accordance with the policy of Rangsit City Municipality. The first site area was located in Soi Rangsit Nakhon Nayok 45, and the second was located in Soi Rangsit Nakhon Nayok 39. In analyzing the suitability of the two sites, the study considered location and accessibility, as well as environmental factors conducive to convenience and safety, wellbeing, recreation, and awareness. In comparing the two areas, the analysis showed a strong potential for Soi Rangsit Nakhon Nayok 39. to be a health and recreation center, as it met criteria regarding context of location, access, and linkage. The site can be accessed from several ways as well as easily connected to other public areas in the neighborhood. The surrounding area is open, well drained, and the rectangular area makes it easy to design and maintain safety. In terms of concept design, three main concepts were emphasized: Connect, Cool, and Clear. Connect focused on creating spaces with easy connection for either indoor or outdoor activities. Cool required the design to fit with local climate as a means of creating a comfortable state of mind. Lastly, Clear highlighted open spaces and uses shapes and lines which are easy to understand based on a concept of universal design, to facilitate access for people of all groups and ages.
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Huh, Keun Young, Hyuncheol Heo, Hyunjong Jung, and Inhea Kim. "Users’ Recognition and Satisfaction of Trails and Exercise Facilities in Urban Mountainous Forests: Focused on Jinju City, South Korea." Journal of People, Plants, and Environment 25, no. 5 (October 31, 2022): 521–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.11628/ksppe.2022.25.5.521.
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Background and objective: This study was conducted to analyze users’ behavior, recognition, and satisfaction toward forest trails and exercise facilities in urban mountainous forests, Jinju City, South Korea.Methods: Users’ characteristics, visit motives, and satisfaction with forest trails and exercise facilities in three urban mountainous forests were surveyed from September to October 2020. The data of 300 respondents were analyzed using frequency, descriptive, and regression analysis.Results: There was a high percentage of users aged 51 or older (62.0%). Most users visited regardless of weekdays or weekends, every day or 2-3 times a week, and stayed for 1-2 hours. Most were using the forest trails and outdoor fitness facilities. Hiking or walking showed the highest frequency in visit motives, followed by using outdoor fitness facilities. Overall satisfaction with forest trails was high at 3.74-3.93 on a 5-point Likert scale, which was affected by the landscape and environment of small private arable lands around forest trails and convenient facilities such as handrails and information boards. Overall satisfaction with outdoor fitness facilities was 3.34-3.62, which was affected by harmony with forest landscape and facility maintenance. Overall satisfaction with indoor badminton courts was 3.01-3.08, which was affected by harmony with forest landscape.Conclusion: For improving overall satisfaction, it is crucial to maintain and repair the width and surface of forest trails, but renovating the landscape and environment of small private arable lands and exercise facilities may be more critical. It is desirable to improve and maintain the function and landscape of outdoor fitness facilities and to relocate indoor badminton courts to the outskirts or boundaries of the mountainous forests. To provide various leisure and recreation activities, the creation of a forest bathing place will be first necessary, followed by a family recreation place and outdoor learning classroom.
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Mansor, Mazlina, Nor Zalina Harun, and Khalilah Zakariya. "Attributes of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) and its Use by Young Adults in Kuala Lumpur City." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 5, no. 13 (March 23, 2020): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2071.
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Attachment to indoor activities has implications for young people in a city, such as sedentary behaviour. It may be the cause of the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Nature in a city, i.e. Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) is vital to overcome these issues. It acts as a reinforcement to promote healthy lifestyles. The study explores young people’s use and favourable attributes that attract them to UGI. A survey of young people (n=1397) was conducted in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Safety, nature, cleanliness and design aspects are the attributes that UGI needs to reduce the sedentary indoor lifestyle of young people.Keywords: Urban green infrastructure (UGI); Recreation; Leisure; Healthy lifestyleeISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2071
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Vieira, Taian M., Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Costanza Stocchi, Morgana Lalli, Brian Andrews, and Marco Gazzoni. "Timing and Modulation of Activity in the Lower Limb Muscles During Indoor Rowing: What Are the Key Muscles to Target in FES-Rowing Protocols?" Sensors 20, no. 6 (March 17, 2020): 1666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20061666.
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The transcutaneous stimulation of lower limb muscles during indoor rowing (FES Rowing) has led to a new sport and recreation and significantly increased health benefits in paraplegia. Stimulation is often delivered to quadriceps and hamstrings; this muscle selection seems based on intuition and not biomechanics and is likely suboptimal. Here, we sample surface EMGs from 20 elite rowers to assess which, when, and how muscles are activated during indoor rowing. From EMG amplitude we specifically quantified the onset of activation and silencing, the duration of activity and how similarly soleus, gastrocnemius medialis, tibialis anterior, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis and medialis, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris muscles were activated between limbs. Current results revealed that the eight muscles tested were recruited during rowing, at different instants and for different durations. Rectus and biceps femoris were respectively active for the longest and briefest periods. Tibialis anterior was the only muscle recruited within the recovery phase. No side differences in the timing of muscle activity were observed. Regression analysis further revealed similar, bilateral modulation of activity. The relevance of these results in determining which muscles to target during FES Rowing is discussed. Here, we suggest a new strategy based on the stimulation of vasti and soleus during drive and of tibialis anterior during recovery.
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Sumara, Tomasz. "The attitude of state authorities to the development of physical culture in the Second Polish Republic." Health Promotion & Physical Activity 8, no. 3 (October 4, 2019): 17–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5167.
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Physical culture in the Second Polish Republic has taken an important place in the politics of the state. It included physical education, physical recreation along with active forms of tourism, mass sports, high-performance sport and military adoption related programmatically with physical education. The state played a significant role in popularizing sport. They developed, among others infrastructure, building mountain hostels, ski jumps, indoor swimming pools, local playgrounds and modern large stadiums. A great contribution to the development of physical culture in pre-war Poland was made by institutions, unions and sports associations. The purpose of the article is to outline the attitude of state authorities to physical culture during the interwar period. The text has a problem layout, I present the state's policy in financial, organizational and legal terms.
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Lertwattanaruk, Pusit, and Jarunsri Choksiriwanna. "The Physical and Thermal Properties of Adobe Brick Containing Bagasse for Earth Construction." International Journal of Building, Urban, Interior and Landscape Technology (BUILT) 1 (June 30, 2011): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.56261/built.v1.170319.
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A form of natural architecture built with environmentally friendly materials, earth construction provides indoor protection from outside temperature conditions. In Thailand, adobe brick that contains rice husk is the most widely used material in earth construction. It is important to consider the strength and moisture absorption capacity of adobe brick. This research focuses on the feasibility of using agricultural by-products such as rice husk and bagasse in adobe brick mixtures with a percentage replacement of 0, 1, 2, 3 and 6% by weight of materials. The study explores the level at which replacing rice husk and bagasse in adobe brick effects optimal compressive strength, shrinkage, thermal conductivity, and moisture absorption. The results provide a guideline for producing adobe brick containing agricultural by-products with improved strength and lower moisture absorption. Adobe brick with performance improved in these ways will be beneficial for developing low-cost architecture for local people and for building hotels and recreation facilities for the tourism industry.
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Khode, Prof Sanket. "A study of facilities offered by various Aqua Tourism Destinations in Nagpur City." INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 08, no. 05 (May 5, 2024): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.55041/ijsrem33026.
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Nagpur is also popularly called the Orange City; it is the second largest city in Maharashtra. Aqua tourism destinations in Nagpur are one that features water play areas, such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, spray grounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and bare footing environments. Their demand has increased due to facilities that offer indoor/outdoor attractions and amusements. Visitors to a water park will travel up to 25% of the time they plan to spend at the water park. The young and pre-teen age groups are the target market for water parks. The study has been conducted through observation method concerning directly with the objective of the study which was a unique experience of sailing or cruising to explore destinations of water tourism in Nagpur city. This descriptive research is done through SWOT analysis that is analysing and determining their Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Treats. The conclusion of the study the key success of the aqua tourism destinations are its safety and security appeal for a family vacation. These destinations may also need to be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or boarding environment such as a wave pool flow rider. It is a facility for enjoying a pool and related water features, and it is sometimes referred to as a leisure space with various recreational facilities. This growth might bringthe First, they offer a relatively high level of safety and security that appeal to guests for aquatic recreation. Second, take advantage of their primary appeal to children and teens. Water parks are increasing their appeal to the aging baby-boomer generation by not only providing entertainment options for children and grandchildren, but by providing older adults with access to hydrotherapy, aquatic fitness, and spa services. The key success of the aqua tourism destinations are its safety and security appeal for a family vacation. Keywords: Tourism, Aqua-Tourism Destination, SWOT-Analysis, Water park, Boarding environment, Recreational facilities.
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Leung, Mei-yung, Jingyu Yu, and Ming L. A. Chong. "Impact of facilities management on the quality of life for the elderly in care and attention homes – Cross-validation by quantitative and qualitative studies." Indoor and Built Environment 26, no. 8 (August 18, 2016): 1070–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326x16662697.
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The rapid increase in elderly population has increased demand on care services and care and attention homes in Hong Kong. Elderly residents in care and attention homes rely heavily on facilities to maintain their quality of life. However, many care and attention homes are not purpose-built for elderly people. This paper investigates the relationship between facilities management of care and attention homes and elderly quality of life using both quantitative and qualitative data. A questionnaire was distributed among elders of eight recruited care and attention homes with four categories (government-financed non-purpose-built, government-financed purpose-built, self-financed non-purpose-built and self-financed purpose-built) in Hong Kong. Selected care and attention homes were a good mixture of operating types, building age and building types. A total of 56 questionnaires were completed by both elderly residents and staff in care and attention homes (37.5% were male and 62.5% were female), followed by semi-structured interviews; 48.2% of respondents were over 80 years of age and 93% had lived in C&A homes for more than one year. The findings identified 19 indoor facilities factors and also measured elderly quality of life. The results showed that space identification, distance, ventilation, furniture, non-slip floors and recreation facilities were positively related to elderly quality of life. Based on these findings, several practical recommendations are proposed, including allocating larger spaces for bedrooms, designing ventilation, installation of non-slip flooring, family-like furniture and the arrangement of recreational facilities.
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Liandry, Marviera, and Sutrisnowati Machdijar Odang. "PENERAPAN TEKNIK AKUPUNTUR KOTA TERHADAP PUSAT OLAHRAGA DAN REKREASI SEBAGAI RUANG KETIGA DI TEPI DANAU SUNTER." Jurnal Sains, Teknologi, Urban, Perancangan, Arsitektur (Stupa) 4, no. 2 (January 23, 2023): 1997–2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/stupa.v4i2.21723.
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Lake Sunter, a sports and recreation center area in Sunter, is determined to be the acupoint in this area. East and West Sunter Lakes are a unit that has a function as a sports and recreation facility which is also adjacent to Gelora Sunter where the building supports indoor sports. As a unified area that has the same function, access for pedestrians is still considered lacking because it is separated by a highway with various types of vehicles passing by. Urban Acupuncture is an approach to provide solutions to problems in urban areas, including the problems found in the Lake Sunter area as a center for sports and recreation. By providing a sports center facility equipped with a "Third Place" such as the Food Library, Forest Café, swimming pool facilities, and art galleries. This facility is expected to be able to alleviate problems in sports and recreation center facilities in the area around Lake Sunter. Therefore, the analysis is carried out with reference points in the area around the Sunter Lake area to obtain a program that is considered suitable and able to alleviate or overcome problems around this area. This study uses a descriptive analysis method by examining literary sources which are then described and explained the research objects related to the problem being studied. Keywords: sunter lake; third place; urban acupuncture Abstrak Danau Sunter, sebuah kawasan pusat olahraga dan rekreasi di Sunter, ditentukan untuk menjadi titik akupuntur pada kawasan ini. Danau Sunter Timur maupun Barat merupakan suatu kesatuan yang memiliki fungsi sebagai sarana olahraga dan rekreasi yang juga berdekatan dengan Gelora Sunter dimana bangunan tersebut menunjang olahraga yang dilakukan didalam ruangan. Sebagai sebuah kesatuan area yang memiliki fungsi yang sama, akses bagi para pejalan kaki masih dianggap kurang karena dipisahkan oleh jalan raya dengan berbagai jenis kendaraan yang lalu lalang. Teknik Akupuntur Kota (Urban Acupuncture) merupakan suatu pendekatan untuk memberikan solusi terhadap masalah di perkotaan, termasuk masalah yang terdapat pada kawasan Danau Sunter sebagai pusat olahraga dan rekreasi. Dengan memberikan sebuah fasilitas pusat olahraga yang dilengkapi dengan “Tempat Ketiga (Third Place)” seperti Food Library, Forest Café, sarana kolam renang, dan galeri seni. Fasilitas ini diharapkan mampu meringankan permasalahan pada sarana pusat olahraga dan rekreasi di kawasan sekitar Danau Sunter. Oleh karena itu, anaIisis dilakukan dengan titik acuan pada area di sekitar kawasan Danau Sunter untuk mendapatkan sebuah program yang dinilai cocok dan mampu meringankan ataupun mengatasi permasalahan di sekitar kawasan ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif dengan mengkaji sumber Iiteratur yang kemudian dideskripsikan dan menjelaskan objek-objek peniIitian yang bersangkutan dengan permasaIahan yang sedang diteliti.
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Murray, Tim. "Stay-at-Home Orders, Mobility Patterns, and Spread of COVID-19." American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 6 (June 2021): 1149–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306209.
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Objectives. To understand how stay-at-home orders changed mobility patterns and influenced the spread of COVID-19. Methods. I merged 2020 data from the Virginia Department of Health, Google Mobility Reports, and the US Census to estimate a series of 2-way fixed-effect event-study regression models. Results. A stay-at-home order caused people to increase the amount of time spent at home by 12 percentage points and decrease the time the spent at work by 30 percentage points, retail and recreation venues by 40 percentage points, and grocery stores and pharmacies by 10 percentage points. People did not sustain changes in mobility and gradually returned to prepandemic levels before the stay-at-home order was lifted. In areas where people spent the most time at indoor locations, there was a large increase in COVID-19. Conclusions. A more robust and stricter policy response coordinated at the national level combined with a strong economic response from policymakers could have increased the effectiveness of the stay-at-home order.
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Wong, C. T., K. P. Yim, M. K. Leung, and S. C. Fung. "Rock-Socketed Large Diameter Bored Pile and Geophysical Survey in Cavernous Karst Area: Tin Shui Wai Public Library Cum Indoor Recreation Centre." Procedia Engineering 14 (2011): 1744–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.07.219.
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Nathan, Andrea, Phoebe George, Michelle Ng, Elizabeth Wenden, Pulan Bai, Zino Phiri, and Hayley Christian. "Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Western Australian Children’s Physical Activity and Screen Time." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5 (March 5, 2021): 2583. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052583.
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Physical activity is essential for children’s healthy development, yet COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions such as school closures and staying at home, playground closures, and the cancelling of organised community sport have dramatically altered children’s opportunities to be physically active. This study describes changes in levels of physical activity and screen time from February 2020 (i.e., before COVID-19 restrictions were introduced in Western Australia) to May 2020 (i.e., when COVID-19 restrictions were in place). Parents of children aged 5 to 9 years from Western Australia were eligible to participate and recruited through convenience sampling. An online survey instrument that included validated measures of their children’s physical activity (unstructured, organized, home-based, indoor/outdoor active play, dog play/walking), sociodemographic, and other potential confounders was administered to parents. Paired t-tests and mixed ANOVA models assessed changes in physical activity outcomes. The analytic sample comprised parents of 157 children who were 6.9 years of age (SD = 1.7) on average. Overall, weekly minutes of total physical activity (PA) did not change from before to during COVID-19. However, frequency and duration (total and home-based) of unstructured physical activity significantly increased. Outdoor play in the yard or street around the house, outdoor play in the park or playground or outdoor recreation area, and active indoor play at home all significantly increased. Frequency and total duration of organised physical activity significantly declined during COVID-19 distancing. During Western Australian COVID-19 restrictions, there was an increase in young children’s unstructured physical activity and outdoor play and a decrease in organised physical activity. It remains to be seen whether children’s increased physical activity has been sustained with the easing of physical distancing restrictions.
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Dias, Arieli Fernandes, Camila Felin Fochesatto, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Caroline Brand, Jorge Mota, Anelise Reis Gaya, and Adroaldo Cezar Araujo Gaya. "Team sports, running, walking: activity-specific associations with perceived environmental factors in adolescents." Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 27, no. 5 (May 2022): 1975–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232022275.12812021.
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Abstract This study aimed to analyze the association between the practice of different types of physical activity (PA) with perceived environmental factors in boys and girls adolescents. Were evaluated 1,130 adolescents from Porto Alegre, Brazil. To evaluate different PA, students answered whether or not they practiced walking, running, team sports, and others general PA. Perceived environmental factors were assessed through Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y). Analyses were performed using logistic regression. Adolescents who reported perceiving a distance up to 20 minutes to walking/running track, had their chances of practicing all types of PA increased in the total sample and for girls. For walking, it was also found an association with access in adolescents. For girls, it was found an association between shortest distance to indoor recreation or exercise facility and other playing fields/court with running and team sports. Aesthetics and road safety were associated with team sports in adolescents. Other general PA were associated with park, bike/hiking/walking trails in the total sample and for girls. Therefore, for each type of PA, specific associations of perceived environmental factors were found.
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Naish, Calli, Patricia K. Doyle-Baker, Meghan S. Ingstrup, and Gavin R. McCormack. "An exploration of parent perceptions of a take-home loose parts play kit intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic." PLOS ONE 18, no. 10 (October 10, 2023): e0292720. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292720.
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The restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic affected the regular routines of Canadians, including access to play and physical activity opportunities, while limiting social connections. In response to this, a recreation centre created take-home play kits that contained loose parts with the aim of facilitating unstructured play. Between August 2021 and January 2022, ten parents participated in semi-structured interviews via telephone or videoconferencing platforms that captured their experiences of the take-home play kits. Using Thematic Analysis, we identified themes and subthemes reflecting parent perceptions and experiences of the take-home play kit. Three themes emerged: (1 A forced renaissance of play; (2) Bringing unstructured play home, and; (3) Parenting is child’s play. Parents shared how the pandemic resulted in decreased physical activity and social opportunities for their children. The parents described how the take-home play kits supported unstructured play as well as their perspectives on the importance of unstructured play. Parents in our study suggested that a take-home loose parts play kit could be a useful resource to help engage children in unstructured play in both indoor and outdoor environments.
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Hahina, N., E. Galay, and A. Yarotаu. "The main features of ski tourism development in the territory of the Republic of Belarus." BULLETIN of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Chemistry. Geography. Ecology Series 144, no. 3 (2018): 88–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.32523/2616-6771-2023-144-3-88-104.
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Ski tourism is a common form of tourism worldwide, generally associated with rural areas and activities in the snow. However, it is also offered as a tourist product in urban destinations in indoor and outdoor areas associated with sports. The conducted research considered the main features of ski tourism development on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, a country with a flat terrain character. The landscape-climatic and socio-economic conditions in eight ski tourism centers of the country are analyzed, and their specialization in the presentation of tourist products and the development of basic and specialized infrastructure are discussed. It is noted that the development of ski centers is associated with the popularization of active recreation, and amateur skiing. In the research, it has been determined that it is much more appropriate to examine ski tourism separately in mountainous and flat areas without making comparisons in terms of both landscape and orographic conditions. When the research findings are evaluated in general, it shows that the ski tourism in the Belarus destination is unevenly distributed and the highest density is in the influence area of the capital Minsk.
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Marcuse, Peter. "THE PARADOXES OF PUBLIC SPACE." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 38, no. 1 (March 28, 2014): 102–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2014.891559.
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This paper deals with one particular purpose for public space, the role it plays in permitting popular public participation in in democratic governance, democratic governance in a very political sense. For the United States, it might be called “First Amendment Space”, after the provision in the U.S.A. Constituting establishing the rights of free speech and free assembly. In a broader sense, public space should also be available democratically and based on equality of rights for a full range of social interchanges, for recreation, sports, picnicking, hiking, running, sitting, chatting, simply enjoyment, by all people, equally. Such uses, carried out democratically, are in turn necessary for democratic governance, but in a different way. Let me call them “Social Spaces”. And they may be divided between Convening spaces, where convening for the purposes of political effectiveness may be planned, and Encounter Spaces, where chance meetings and discussion may be take place without prior planning/convening. “Infrastructural Spaces” are also social spaces but in a different sense, not directly political: spaces for transportation, streets, sidewalks, recreational areas, parks, hiking trails, bicycles partially. he term “Third Space” is sometimes in fashion in a similar sense, and often defined as somewhere between public and private1. More on social spaces elsewhere. When public space is referred to here, it is in the sense of political public space, First Amendment space in the United States. Tahrir Square in Cairo, the Playa of Mothers in Buenos Aires, the Mall in Washington, D.C., Zuccotti Park in New York City, perhaps Central Park or Fifth Avenue, with its parades and marches, but also the fenced in space under the West Side highway at the time of the Republican Convention, and perhaps the indoor space of the Convention Center, as used for convening for discussions of alternate proposals for rebuilding after 9/11.
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Andrieieva, O. V., A. V. Hakman, and A. M. Volosiuk. "Courses of the activities of fitness clubs in involvement of internally displaced persons." Scientific Journal of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. Series 15. Scientific and pedagogical problems of physical culture (physical culture and sports), no. 4(163) (April 21, 2023): 30–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.31392/npu-nc.series15.2023.04(163).05.
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The objective of the paper is to investigate the main areas of activity and conditions of functioning of Bukovyna's fitness clubs. To solve the objective of the research, the following research methods were used: theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature and normative documents, content analysis, synthesis and generalization. Research findings. The paper analyzes the market of sports and health activities in Bukovyna for IDPs. A detailed description of fitness clubs in the region is defined. Territorial, functional, structural and technical aspects of fitness clubs' activity of Chernivtsi and the region in attracting IDPs are described. The main sections of the content of the activity of fitness clubs during the period of martial law have been determined. Types of fitness classes cultivated by clubs are revealed. The key reasons that prevent the effective operation of sports facilities are highlighted. Conclusion. The development of the fitness industry is an important component in the implementation of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports during martial law. To date, the accessibility of fitness clubs is quite important as a factor in attracting citizens, in particular IDPs, to systematic exercise classes. Thus, the fitness industry has been developing rapidly in Bukovyna over the past decade. By the nature of the use of physical culture and sports clubs, the most numerous are educational and sports (18.4%), special purpose (15.8%) and fitness clubs (65.8%). During the study, it was determined that Bukovyna fitness clubs are year-round in operation, all clubs are indoor, operate in complex buildings (92.1%), are complex in specialization (94.7%) and are technically upgraded (73.7%). The analysis of the aforementioned data allows us to conclude that recreational and health services have great potential for the social development of Bukovyna and the involvement of IDPs in certain types of physical recreation. This stipulates the need for their careful study and scientific justification.