Chapter 6- Leisure's Geography: Part 2 Flashcards
4 Phases of outdoor recreation experience
- Anticipation
- Planning
- Participation
- Recollection
Aldo Leopold: outdoor recreation experience
- Collection of physical objects
- Feelings of isolation in nature
- Experiencing fresh air and scenery
- Perception of nature
- Development of a sense of husbandry
-Emotional affordances of forest settings
-A longitudinal study of boys with extreme
behavioral problems
-6 month recreation in forest setting
-Increased affective responses to forest,
more exploratory activity and social cohesion
Who’s study is explained
a. Ottosson & Grahn
b. Roe and Aspinall
c. Kuo
B
-Older adults; Swedish study
-7 adults rested 1 hour in an outdoor
green setting
-8 adults rested in a favourite indoor
setting
-All tested pre and post rest sessions with
concentration tests
-Outdoor rested individuals indicated
higher powers of concentration
Who’s study is explained
a. Ottosson & Grahn
b. Roe and Aspinall
c. Kuo
a
-Enhancing the attention of children with attention deficits
-450 parents of 7-10 year olds with ADHD Green settings helped alleviate
children’s symptoms
-Activities in green settings more helpful
than activities conducted indoors, or in outdoor settings without vegetation.
Who’s study is explained
a. Ottosson & Grahn
b. Roe and Aspinall
c. Kuo
C
examples of physical benefits of nature
- Stress reduction
- Reduced cortisol levels and blood pressure
- Reduced headaches
- Reduced mortality rates from circulatory disease • Faster healing
- Addition recovery
- Perceived health and well being
- Reduced occurrence of illness
examples of select cognitive outcomes with nature
- Attention restoration
- Reduced mental fatigue
- Improved academic performance • Improved productivity
- Improved ability to perform tasks
examples of select psychological well-being outcomes with nature
- Increased self-esteem
- Improved mood
- Reduce anxiety
- Improved behaviour / reduced anger-frustrstation
- Children: Enhanced test scores
- Therapeutic affect experienced by autistic children and children with ADD
- Children: Enhance cognitive and emotional development in children and youth
5 Benefits of outdoor recreation
- Good for the mind.
- Good for the body.
- Even better for your social life.
- Good for the economy.
- Great for the great outdoors.
Examples of negative impacts of outdoor recreation for individuals and society
• Extreme environments
present extreme hazards • Examples…..
-Physical harm
-Search and rescue expense
Examples of negative impacts of outdoor recreation for individuals and society
- Soil compaction and erosion
- Vegetation and coral trampling
- Animal disturbance
- Litter and pollution
4 outdoor recreation carrying capacity’s
physical carrying capacity
ecological carrying capacity
Psychological carrying capacity
