Geography 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aisle, Playtime, Spatial Design
25 Feb 2014
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1. leisure, recreation & tourism: consumption & consumer spatial behaviour, retail place design. Some challenge contention leisure time increased over 20th century: leisure time in 2005 = 1900 (usa), depends upon definition of leisure time", example: more people pursue education during free" time. Recreation: activities willingly performed after discharging of employment duties and social obligations, what one willingly does during leisure time. Tourism: temporary movement to destinations outside normal home and work place, the activities undertaken during the stay, and the facilities created to cater to their needs, overnight stay. Secondary sites outside home: tertiary sites: away from home. Consumer culture services: thoughts, values, beliefs, actions that produce and re-produce the excessive consumption of material goods and. Commodification: the objectification of virtually any thing as a commodity for the purpose of exchange in the market place, example: labour, images, sounds, experiences tourism. Tourism sector of canada: large part of canada; major industry, transportation, accommodation, other tourism industries.
