BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of anthropometric characteristics and training indices on marathon race times in recreational male marathoners. METHODS Training and anthropometric characteristics were collected for a large cohort of recreational male runners (n = 126) participating in the Basel marathon in Switzerland between 2010 and 2011. RESULTS Among t...

developing the recreational activities and ecotourism is one of the approaches to reach sustainable development. termination of the recreational values and potentials as well as planning in this case lead to increase economic income. gavkhooni is an attractive place which has a high potential for ecotourism. in this study, the recreational factors and the priorities of recreational places in th...

This paper (and the large study behind it) was in some ways a labor of love. We set out to build a discrete choice model to predict recreational fishing behavior that would extend the literature along several dimensions. our interest in doing so stemmed from earlier work that we were individually or collectively involved in. hanemann’s dissertation (1978)1 suggested the power of the discrete ch...

The Northeast, Central, Western and Northwestern, and Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego regions dominate Argentina inland recreational fishing. Being each unique in terms of environmental context, fish fauna and fishery types. High species diversity, extractive fishing and highly priced fly-fishing catch and release fisheries characterizes the Northeast. The Central Western and Northwestern fisher...

urban parks as public green space have played a unique and indispensable role in providing recreation opportunities and functions to urban populations. as a result of population growth and density, the sustainability of urban parks is a challenging management task. there exists a need to adopt effective management strategies for achieving the sustainable development and management of urban park...

This study aims to define the influence of the motive and degree of family's participation in recreational sports on its resilience and communication facilitation. Of members of sports centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi areas, 202 people who participated in recreational sports together with their family members were sampled as the population. Input data were computerized for analysis, using PASW 22....