The tension in land use between development and conservation is long established. Find an area worth preserving, and invariably a development idea is, if not in the parlor, on the doorstep. Conversely, discover a perfect development site, and critical values spring from underfoot. Those aspects of land and terrain valued by conservationists-coast, wetland, river, forest, dune-are also valued by...

Objective of the study: to identify factors influencing formation value orientations student youth on sports and recreational activities.   The methodological basis research consists principles institutional activity approaches. approach makes it possible determine not only objective parameters functioning sports, but also subjective characteristics, including orientations, attitudes repre...

abstract amusement programming, accomplishing ecological and/or environmental plans, in addition to establishing recreational centers, are of the important issues in regional and large-scale management of each country. herein, lack of financial resources to establish amusement areas, has led the natural resource management system to valuate such resources based upon new scientific methods. meas...

according to the increasing importance of green space and environment, decision making of environmental policy is growing at the national level and internationally, so there is an urgent need for information that could be used to promote efficient environmental decision making. in this study the economic benefits associated with eram garden of shiraz, is estimated using a double-bounded dichoto...

In Gausdal, a mountainous community in southern Norway, a conflict involving dogsledding has dominated local politics during the past two decades. In order to understand local protests against this activity, in this article we apply discourse analysis within the evolving approach of political ecology. In this way, we also aim at contributing to the emerging trend of bringing political ecology “...

BACKGROUND Sources of student stress can be academic pressures, social or personal issues and medical students have to face the challenge of rigorous curriculum and also have to learn how to deal with emotionally difficult experiences. AIM OF WORK Determination of the prevalence of stress and to identify the risk factors of stress among Saudi medical students at Faculty of Medicine, King Fais...

This paper uses contingent behavior and contingent pricing analyses to explore the proper valuation of time and transport costs within the context of recreation demand. The contingent behavior analysis poses hypothetical increases in access fees, travel time, and travel distance and considers recreation demand responses. As a useful complement, the contingent pricing analysis poses hypothetical...

The holistic role of forests going beyond the economic function, identified in timber production, substantiates the evaluation of forests’ social and environmental dimensions. Consequently, biodiversity, landscape, hydro-geological security, and maintenance of cultures and traditions are among the manifold issues to be addressed in dealing with forests. Touristic and recreational role of forest...