The association between physical activity (PA) and variables of the perceived environment mainly originate from cross-sectional studies that introduced the idea that the environment influences the PA level of residents. However, the direction of cause and effect has not been solved with finality. The aim of this study was to investigate whether residents' perception of their proximate environme...

Modern realities in Ukraine require adaptation of the tourism and recreation sphere to new needs ofpost-war reconstruction, taking into account social, economic environmental factors. This necessitates further development formation alternative approaches meeting rehabilitation, recovery, rest development. The purpose research: determination features recreational ways providing it concept “Free ...

BACKGROUND One of the major causes of social exclusion for people with developmental disability (PDD) is the inability to access different activities due to inadequate transportation services. OBJECTIVE This research paper identifies transportation needs, and reasons for unmet, but desired untaken trips of adults with developmental disabilities in Hennepin County, Minnesota. We hypothesize th...

This paper introduces a Travel Demand Management (TDM) model in order to decrease the transportation externalities by affecting on passengers’travel choices. Thus, a bi-objective bi-modal optimization model for road pricing is developed aiming to enhance environmental and social sustainability by considering to minimize the air pollution and maximize the social welfare as its objectives. This m...

The value of travel time savings (VTTS) is the monetary value attached to save a determined amount of travel time. VTTS is also the most important benefit category aimed at justifying investments in transport infrastructures by public administrations. Hence VTTS played a significant role in various economic studies, both analytical and empirical (Zamparini & Reggiani, 2007). "It is difficult to...

health tourism is a form of travel in addition to recreation, leisure, comfort, health and medical care as well. this paper aims to assess the state of health tourism in the city of mashhad, from the perspective of foreign tourists, identify weaknesses in health tourism and health tourism adsorption process and provide medical services to foreign patients in mashhad compilation.research methods...

We use a travel cost model to test the effects of wild and prescribed fire on visitation by hikers and mountain bikers in New Mexico. Our results indicate that net benefits for mountain bikers is $150 per trip and that they take an average of 6.2 trips per year. Hikers take 2.8 trips per year with individual net benefits per trip of $130. Both hikers' and mountain bikers' demand functions react...

The aim of the research is to reveal academic publications related recreation and tourism in terms bibliometric indicators. In this context, 553 published between 2021-1964 were reached as a result scan performed Scopus database on May 4, 2021. According findings, it has been determined that studies generally tend increase over years most 2019. Most are type article preferred language English. ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) encompasses many conditions including coronary heart disease, heart attack (myocardial infarction), stroke and hypertension. In 2003, CVD accounted for 16.7 million premature deaths worldwide (World Health Organisation (WHO), 2003), 238000 of which occurred in the UK (Sproston and Primatesta, 2003). In addition to this, CVD seriously affects physical fitness and imp...