REC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Disposable And Discretionary Income, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Recreation

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC100
• Professor: Diana Parry

Document Summary

Lecture objectives: introduce and explain the concept of outdoor recreation , introduce and explain outdoor recreation research and its relevance, introduce outdoor recreation @ u waterloo. The concept of outdoor recreation : a popular activity and form of land/water use. 84. 6% of canadians participate in outdoor recreation. 94. 5% of americans participate in outdoor recreation at least once per year: so, what is outdoor recreation, a general definition: Outdoor recreation is any recreation that occurs outdoors in urban and rural environments . Can be refined by classifying activities into thematic groups. Helpful for making management decisions/goals: classification of activities, land-based, water-based, snow- and ice-based (cordell et al, 1999, consumptive vs non-consumptive (mullins, 2009) Consumptive - consuming or extracting resources from the environment (fishing: appreciative-symbolic (e. g. , sightseeing, backpacking) Natural environment is primary source of satisfaction: extractive-expressive (e. g. , hunting, fishing) Trophy of things like hunting/fishing: passive free-play (e. g. , reading, picnics, social-learning (e. g. , nature studies, interpretative walks)