Consuming the Environment – A Study of Those Utilising the Natural Environment for Recreational Activities

A resident of a large city is increasingly in need of a complete rest in the bosom of nature, enjoy the peace and beauty of landscapes. The administration of megacities is concerned about the problems of preserving the natural environment and creating within the city limits a network of recreational areas where recreational activities can be organized. The necessity and importance of establishing a network of specially protected natural areas within the metropolis is not in doubt. But the status of the created nature reserves implies, for the most part, prohibitions and restrictions for the organization of recreational activities. A detailed description of recreational opportunities for the rational use of individual components of the city’s natural environment is presented. The authors conducted a geoecological analysis of the allocation of recreational areas in large cities. Features of nature that should be considered when designing recreational areas in large cities, on example of St. Petersburg, are noted.

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Geoecological approach to the design of recreational areas in large cities

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201926506012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 265 ◽

pp. 06012 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anna Matveevskaya ◽

Victoria Pogodina ◽

Marina Ermolina

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Natural Environment ◽

The State ◽

Rational Use ◽

Recreational Activities ◽

Large Cities ◽

Big Cities ◽

The City

Life in big cities exacerbates a person's desire to be more often in the bosom of nature, enjoy the peace and beauty of landscapes. The administration of megacities is concerned about the problems of preserving the natural environment and creating within the city limits a network of recreational areas where recreational activities can be organized. In each region, this type of recreation is organized in accordance with the laws adopted in the state. According to geoecologists, the share of recreational areas should be at least 15% of the total area of the city. So for example the total area of such territories in St. Petersburg is only 6 004.4 hectares (which is 4.17% of the total area of the city). Comparison of the urban map of landscapes and located areas for recreation within the city allows concluding about the unequal representation of each landscape. This should be taken into account when designing new protected areas within the city. In the research, an attempt to generalize the theoretical material in the field of environmental and recreational resource studies is done. Also, a detailed description of recreational opportunities for the rational use of individual components of the city's natural environment is presented. The authors conducted a geoecological analysis of the allocation of recreational areas in large cities. Features of nature that should be taken into account when designing recreational areas in large cities, on an example of St. Petersburg, are noted.

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THE INFLUENCE OF RECREATION ON THE FOREST VEGETATION OF PINE STANDS IN THE BOBROVSKY DISTRICT OF THE VORONEZH REGION

10.34220/mpeapw2021_73-76 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

I. Tolbina ◽

T. Ryadnova ◽

V. Yeskov

Keyword(s):

Nature Conservation ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Forest Vegetation ◽

Pine Plantations ◽

Recreational Activities ◽

Global Factor ◽

Current State ◽

Natural Landscapes ◽

Voronezh Region ◽

Pine Stands

Every year forests are becoming more and more recognized as a global factor in nature conservation. Recreational activities aimed at exploiting the natural environment have led to the degradation of natural landscapes in many regions of the planet. The article examines the current state of clean pine plantations in Bobrovsky district, Voronezh region, subject to recreational stress.

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Accelerating the Nature Deficit or Enhancing the Nature-Based Human Health during the Pandemic Era: An International Study in Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and Myanmar, following the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Forests ◽

10.3390/f13010057 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 57

Author(s):

Ju-hyoung Lee ◽

Marady Cheng ◽

Muhammad Nur Syamsi ◽

Ki Hwan Lee ◽

Thu Rain Aung ◽

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Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Online Survey ◽

International Study ◽

Modern Society ◽

Good Health ◽

Natural Environments ◽

Human Society ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Recreational Activities ◽

Nature Deficit

In modern society, the opportunity to experience nature is separate from everyday life, requiring time and effort. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions on freedom of activity and communication around the world have become a crisis, causing a nature deficit by accelerating the process of separation from nature. At the same time, the pandemic has increased people’s motivation to return to nature, providing an opportunity to seek experiences and health recovery in nature. The authors conducted an international cross-sectional study in five Asian countries, investigating changes in the perception of recreational activities and health restoration in the natural environment, one of the many effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human society. An online survey, completed by 524 respondents, has confirmed the efficacy of the SEM model, which includes COVID-19 stress, increased indoor activity, a preference for the natural environment, and the perception of health recovery. Although the five countries had different response values for each theme, the stress caused by restricted activities and communication during the pandemic was linked to a preference for natural experiences and the motivation to visit natural environments in all five countries, ultimately affecting perceptions of health recovery in nature. This study has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic, a disaster afflicting all human civilization, has changed people’s perceptions by enhancing their preference for natural recreational activities and health. It has accelerated people’s return to nature and fostered a positive perception of nature’s ability to promote good health.

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The utilization of Szczecin’s natural potential for the inhabitants recreation

Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography ◽

10.30970/vgg.2013.43.1630 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (43) ◽

pp. 346-356

Author(s):

B. Meyer

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Limited Area ◽

Recreational Activity ◽

Large Area ◽

Recreational Activities ◽

Green Areas ◽

Leisure Facilities ◽

The City ◽

Active Recreation

Natural environment potential encompasses such components as e.g. climate, relief, biota, waterways, all of these significant for the recreational activity carried out in nature. Such activity is increasingly more popular with city dwellers who, encouraged by new lifestyle trends, try to engage in active recreation on weekdays and at weekends. Existing environmental potential in urban areas may determine to a great extent the opportunity and nature of recreational activities of city inhabitants. Szczecin spans across a large area (over 300 km²) and enjoys versatile natural environment, with predominance of water and green areas (25% and 20% respectively). Green areas include forests with great landscape, recreational and specialist values, which allows the citizens (approx. 400 000 inhabitants) to engage in various forms of recreational activities. However, half of this area remains unkempt or not properly maintained which results in concentration of recreational traffic in the other areas, now hosting better leisure facilities though still not sufficient to meet the needs of the city’s population. The accumulation of tourist and recreational infrastructure over a limited area causes an over-concentration of recreational traffic, contributing to excessive exploitation of natural environment (as estimated, capacity norms are being exceeded 15-16 times). At the same time, even though there are several initiatives in operation aimed at integrating Szczecin’s green areas, the city still lacks a coherent, sensible system of developing and using Szczecin’s wooded areas which would benefit the citizens, as well as sustain the ecological balance of its forests. It can be thus concluded that the huge recreational potential of Szczecin’s wooded areas is used only in part. Key words: recreation, natural potential, woodland.

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Random isn't real: How the patchy distribution of ecological rewards may generate “incentive hope”

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18002005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Laurel Symes ◽

Thalia Wheatley

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Random Distribution ◽

Spatiotemporal Distribution ◽

Patchy Distribution ◽

Distribution Of Resources

AbstractAnselme & Güntürkün generate exciting new insights by integrating two disparate fields to explain why uncertain rewards produce strong motivational effects. Their conclusions are developed in a framework that assumes a random distribution of resources, uncommon in the natural environment. We argue that, by considering a realistically clumped spatiotemporal distribution of resources, their conclusions will be stronger and more complete.

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Extreme self-sacrifice beyond fusion: Moral expansiveness and the special case of allyship

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18001620 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daniel Crimston ◽

Matthew J. Hornsey

Keyword(s):

General Theory ◽

Biological Markers ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Relevant Dimension ◽

Special Case

AbstractAs a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice, Whitehouse's article misses one relevant dimension: people's willingness to fight and die in support of entities not bound by biological markers or ancestral kinship (allyship). We discuss research on moral expansiveness, which highlights individuals’ capacity to self-sacrifice for targets that lie outside traditional in-group markers, including racial out-groups, animals, and the natural environment.

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