BACKGROUND In general dog-owners are more physically active than non-owners, however; it is not known whether dog-ownership can influence seasonal fluctuations in physical activity. This study examines whether dog-ownership influences summer and winter patterns of neighbourhood-based walking among adults living in Calgary, Canada. METHODS A cohort of adults, randomly sampled from the Calgary ...

Conflicting interests make forests an inevitably political issue. We examine the roles that Finnish forest owners take as decision-makers and citizens. Inspired by post-political theories of democracy, we owners’ aim open, constructive treatment controversies between views, ideologies actors. Our data consisted a survey (n = 452) informed interview 24). applied mixed-method critical discourse a...