Serious Leisure and Nature - Sustainable Consumption in the Outdoors

Informationen zum Autor LEE DAVIDSON Senior Lecturer in the Museum & Heritage Studies programme at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, were she has been teaching courses in leisure studies, visitor experience and research methods since 1998. She has published journal articles, book chapters and conference papers on mountaineering, natural heritage, visitor studies, sustainable tourism and outdoor education.    ROBERT A. STEBBINS, FRSC, is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada. His academic career spans 47 years, 37 of which have been devoted to studying leisure. He has written 37 books, the most recent being Leisure and Consumption: Common Ground, Separate Worlds . Klappentext Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability. Zusammenfassung Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Nature Challenge Activities Air Water Land Flora and Fauna Ice and Snow Mixed Activities Conclusion References Index

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Preface Acknowledgments Nature Challenge Activities Air Water Land Flora and Fauna Ice and Snow Mixed Activities Conclusion References Index

Product details

• Authors: Davidson, L Davidson, L. Davidson, Lee Davidson, Lee Stebbins Davidson, DAVIDSON LEE STEBBINS ROBERT A, R Stebbins, R. Stebbins, Robert A. Stebbins
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2011
• EAN: 9780230252011
• ISBN: 978-0-230-25201-1
• No. of pages: 239
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Communication, Anthropology, Ethnology, The environment, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology: sport & leisure, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Social Sciences, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Regional Studies, Sport Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sports—Sociological aspects, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociocultural Anthropology, Culture—Study and teaching