REC100 Lecture Notes - Nature Photography, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Recreation
22 Nov 2012
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Introduce and explain the concept of outdoor recreation . Introduce and explain outdoor recreation research and its relevance. A popular activity and form of land/water use. % of americans participate in outdoor recreation at least once per year. So, what is outdoor recreation: snowboarding, swimming, hiking, picnics, horseback riding, rock climbing. Outdoor recreation is any recreation that occurs outdoors in urban and rural environments. Can be redefined by classifying activities into thematic groups. Land-based, water-based, snow- and ice-based (cordell et al, 1999) Consumptive vs non-consumptive (mullins, 2009: basis of the activity, involves consuming a certain resource, like hunting and fishing, taking home food. Appreciative-symbolic (e. g. , sightseeing, backpacking: appreciation of natural environment, nature photography. Extractive-expressive (e. g. , hunting, fishing: coming back with a trophy!, like trophy fishing. Passive free-play (e. g. , reading, picnics: restful, little physcial effort, reading under a tree etc. Active-expressive (e. g. , golf, swimming) (hendee et al. , 1971: learning outside, physical exertion.
