Agroecosystems are anthropised ecosystems where human activities, mainly agricultural practices, affect the innate functioning, leading to provision of agroecosystem services (AES) and disservices (AEDS). This study presents a novel integrated economic valuation AES AEDS provided in water-scarce Mediterranean area (south-eastern Spain), using discrete choice experiment. The results reveal socia...

The economic vitality of many communities has declined as a result of changes in their economic structures. In some places, economic growth is being fostered by the inmigration of retirees. This exploratory study investigated the importance of public recreation services and parks in retirees’ choice of community, using a random sample of retired persons who had moved to South Carolina in the pa...

MDS 3.0 SEction o: An UpDAtE for cErtifiED thErApEUtic rEcrEAtion prActicE With MEDicArE pAtiEntS To the Editor: Many nurses don’t realize that certified therapeutic recreation specialists (CTRSs) often oversee long-term care activities departments. Before they begin practicing, CTRSs must have a minimum of a bachelor of science degree and an intensive clinical internship under a licensed or ce...

The recreation specialization concept is finding increased use among leisure researchers. To date, it's application has been limited to studies of outdoor recreationists, including anglers (Bryan, 1977; Graefe, 1980; Ditton, Loomis, & Choi, 1992) boaters (Donnelly, Vaske, & Graefe, 1986), canoeists (Wellman, Roggenbuck, & Smith, 1982; Kaufman, 1984), hikers (Williams, & Huffman, 1986; Virden & ...

The article lists the main factors of children's morbidity and determines that this category population is not a stable unprotected part society, which needs full recovery in children’s healthcare leisure institutions. Accordingly, legal documents country, are used their activities by institutions, presented. It noted during period quarantine coronavirus disease, list legislative governing incr...

OBJECTIVE To develop and test the utility of a domain-specific physical activity efficacy scale in adolescents for predicting physical activity behaviour. DESIGN Two independent studies were conducted. Study 1 examined the psychometric properties of a newly constructed Domain-Specific Physical Activity Efficacy Questionnaire (DSPAEQ) and study 2 tested the utility of the scale for predicting ...

In the latter years of the twentieth century, the social relevance of the leisure field diminished as consumption and individualism came to dominate leisure and recreation research and praxis across modern democratic nations. A consequence of this focus in leisure studies has been a neglect of community and the common good. Now, at the commencement of the twenty-first century, three interrelate...