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Leisure research on place

Recreation as a path for place making and community buildingFootnote1

Pages 383-392 | Published online: 21 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

Social science researchers who study natural resource based rural communities are increasingly interested in the attachments people form with natural landscapes and the actions that result from those relationships. Recreation, encompassing outdoor leisure activities engaged in by tourists, seasonal and year‐round residents, involves a relationship with the land where the activity takes place. This paper highlights trends resulting in increased recreation participation and presents an overview of literature on place, community, and the phenomenon of amenity migration. The paper closes with a socioculturel conception of place that informs our understanding of place making and community building.

Résumé

Le rapport entre les espaces naturels, les communautés rurales typiquement fondées sur l'exploitation des ressources naturelle, et les acteurs sociaux sont de plus en plus intéressantes pour les chercheurs en sciences sociales. Pour plusieurs acteurs sociaux (e.g. touristes, résidants saisonniers, résidents permanent) c'est domaines naturel encourage diverse forme de récréations et loisirs. Cette recherche décrit comment l'accroissement des activités en plein air encourage une migration des privilégiés vers des milieux ruraux et immaculés. Ce phénomène surnommer le ≪ retranchement des réussisseurs ≫ transforme les interactions communautaires en milieu rural.

Notes

A previous version of the paper was delivered at the Canadian Council of Leisure Research Pre Conference Roundtable, Nanaimo, BC, May 2005.

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