Analysis of Public Recreational Needs by User Population in South-Eastern Nigeria

This paper examined the recreational needs of the user population in South-eastern Nigeria. The study considered educational status, public awareness, degree of awareness, public recreational options, extant open space services, and reasons for low usage of available recreational facilities. The study was carried out using descriptive statistics, use of weights and relative mean scare analysis. The study showed a general loss of interest in the available public recreational facilities and services, thus leading to disregard of public recreational open spaces. This fact prompts a high rate of conversion of public recreational spaces in South-Eastern Nigeria for other uses. There is therefore the need to provoke users’ interest through classical advertisements, posting of bills and publication in both local and national dailies, particularly on the implication of converting recreational spaces in the areas being advertised. This calls for the need for public enlightenment plans in the likes of orientation programs, seminars, symposiums, recreation outreach courses and educating the masses at various levels, on the need to recreate and participate actively on public open space activities. Keywords: Recreation, open space services, public recreation, users, recreational facilities.

Preface

The Corona Virus 19 (COVID-19) disease outbreak that has occurred worldwide since March 2020 is causing a major public health crisis, daily routine disruptions, uncertainty, social isolation, economic loss, unemployment risk, etc., which affects the whole society, single individuals, and families. The widespread social isolation, quarantine, and lockdown measures adopted in the attempt to contain the infection spreading caused high levels of psychological distress, unfavorably influencing mental health by compromising emotional and cognitive functioning. The strategy for dealing with these problems is one of the greatest challenges faced worldwide. One solution that can be offered to overcome these problems is to apply a “green prescription” in which people are advised to leave the house to enjoy nature or do activities in nature because human interaction with the natural surroundings can cause a feeling of comfort. With this “green prescription”, it can be said that the health and wellness of today’s communities are highly reliant on trees, green spaces, city parks, and forests. As indoor public recreation facilities have closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, the use of outdoor recreation facilities has been a social-distancing appropriate alternative – such as hiking, biking, camping, fishing, birdwatching, and nature walks. Being in forests or parks with trees offers tremendous benefits for human physical, mental, and spiritual health. Spending time in forests, parks, or simply looking at trees helps boost immune systems, reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves mood and relaxation. List of Symposium Committee and List of Participants and Photographs are available in this pdf.

A study on the design strategies of Fish Landing Jetty Complexes in Malaysia to enhance the efficiency of the building

Malaysia has a booming and successful fishery development. Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia Complexes (LKIM) are located in every state of Malaysia to function as a fish landing jetty complex to allow fishing vessels for fish handling operations. However, the design and facility of Fish Landing Jetty Complexes in Malaysia are not up to date even though the fishery development contribute to Malaysia’s economy. Proper facilities and design strategies of fish landing jetty will ensure that fish handling operations work efficiently and enhance the fishery development in Malaysia. In this research, the design components and facilities of fish landing jetty complexes are studied for determining the design strategies of fish landing jetty complexes in Malaysia to enhance the efficiency of the building itself. In this research, a few precedent study and survey questionnaire had been conducted as a research methodology to review and compare the design components and facility of the precedent studies. Besides, the survey questionnaire is to collect the data and their opinion from the general public and users of the Fish Landing Jetty Complex to understand their satisfaction and expectation towards the current condition of the Fish Landing Jetty Complex in Malaysia. There are 41% of respondents are stated that majority of the Fish Landing Jetty Complexes in Malaysia are unsuccessful in achieving the efficiency of the fish landing process. The design strategies of Fish Landing Jetty Complex should consider on the working flow diagram of fish landing. Application of mechanical quay-side lifting winches, built-in conveyor system, rainwater harvesting system and solar energy able to increase the efficiency of the building. It is important to apply the commercial and public recreation spaces inside a Fish Landing Jetty Complex to sustain longer and produce revenue to the building.

Outdoor Public Recreation Spaces And Social Connectedness Among Adolescents

Background: Outdoor public recreation spaces are important settings for leisure and physical activity. Adolescents’ use of these spaces may be related to their social connectedness; however, research on this topic is limited. This study examined associations of frequency of visitation and physical activity in outdoor public recreation spaces with social connectedness among adolescents in Melbourne, Australia. Methods: Adolescents self-reported their frequency of visitation to parks, trails, beach/lake, and sports facilities; frequency of physical activity in a park, local street or path, and their street; and social connectedness. Separate analyses were conducted for visitation (n=349, 15.4±1.6 years, 58% female) and physical activity (n=441, 15.4±1.6 years, 59% female) using multilevel linear regression models. Results: No significant associations were observed for frequency of visitation to a park (B = 0.86, 95% CI= -0.26, 1.99), trails (B = 0.41, 95% CI= -0.61, 1.44), beach/lake (B = -0.44, 95% CI= -1.46, 0.57), or sports facilities (B =0.64, 95% CI= -0.43, 1.70), nor for frequency of physical activity in their street (B = -0.07, 95% CI= -0.46, 0.31), local streets/paths (B = -0.05, 95% CI= -0.43, 0.33) or in parks (B = 0.23, 95% CI= -0.14, 0.60) with adolescents’ social connectedness. Conclusions: The findings did not support the hypothesis that visiting and being active in outdoor public recreation spaces are associated with adolescents’ social connectedness. Future research should consider the duration and context of outdoor public recreation space use (e.g., sports, socialising, relaxing alone) and whether different types and/or a combination of public spaces are more/less conducive to social connectedness.

Spatial Analysis of Soil Trace Element Contaminants in Urban Public Open Space, Perth, Western Australia

Public recreation areas in cities may be constructed on land which has been contaminated by various processes over the history of urbanisation. Charles Veryard and Smith’s Lake Reserves are adjacent parklands in Perth, Western Australia with a history of horticulture, waste disposal and other potential sources of contamination. Surface soil and soil profiles in the Reserves were sampled systematically and analysed for multiple major and trace elements. Spatial analysis was performed using interpolation and Local Moran’s I to define geochemical zones which were confirmed by means comparison and principal components analyses. The degree of contamination of surface soil in the Reserves with As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn was low. Greater concentrations of As, Cu, Pb, and Zn were present at depth in some soil profiles, probably related to historical waste disposal in the Reserves. The results show distinct advantages to using spatial statistics at the site investigation scale, and for measuring multiple elements not just potential contaminants.

Contemporary morphological patterns: morphometric analysis of open spaces in different types of urban lots in the city of Uberlândia-MG

The main objective of this study is to explore the influence and reflexes of urban and environmental legislation on the production, configuration, and distribution of urban open spaces. The work is based on the premise that, over the last years, legislation has played an important role in the composition of the urban spatial mosaic, especially regarding the need and obligation of all new lots to reserve, in the lottable land, a minimum percentage of open spaces, understood in this research as the road network, public recreation areas, permanent environmental protection areas, municipal easements and property easements. The object of this observation are the urban lots approved by the city of Uberlândia since 2000, a period in which several factors forced the city to adjust to the new urban development instruments and to the master plan, mainly the city’s rapid growth, also a result of the growth of the Brazilian real estate market. We applied the morphometric methodology, using the QGIS software to quantify open space and analyze measurements and rates of the morphological elements based on the legal parameters. The result was the identification of the way open spaces were designed in the analyzed projects, their spatial relations, morphological typology and distribution patterns, uncovering recurring patterns that characterize the landscape of many medium-sized Brazilian cities.

Estimated Supply of Green Open Space is Based on Oxygen Consumption and Micro Temperatures in Caruban City

<p><em>Local governments must provide a public green space for 20% of the total city area. In addition for aesthetic value and beauty that is used as source of public recreation and green space that used to create cooler microclimate temperatures, maintain the balance of oxygen (</em><em>O₂</em><em>) and carbondioxide (</em><em>CO₂</em><em>), reduce pollutants, and help maintain water availability soil. Research aims to analyze and calculate the needs of Caruban City Green Space.</em><em> </em><em>R</em><em>esearch used survey method with purposive sampling technique and secondary data analysis. Temperature analysis used the thom formula, while the analysis the needs of green space with the Geravkis method. Results of study showed that in six places had relatively cooler temperatures ranging from 26-31°C in the afternoon, 26-33°C in the morning, and in the middle of afternoon about 29 to 33°C. Data showed that in one place, namely, Ahmad Yani road showed the temperature about 31-36.5°C was relatively hot. Oxygen demand in 2020 requires a full green space of 133.92 ha. The results of this study are expected to provide recommendations in the application of Spatial Planning Law Number 26 of 2007 concerning spatial planning to improve the comfort of Caruban City dwellings in terms of the air environment.</em></p>

Huligānisms vēsturiskā skatījumā

One of the oldest and most dangerous criminal offences is hooliganism, i.e. an unlawful offence with intention to violate a public order, disrupt the peace of inhabitants or create a disorder. Disturbers of public recreation, as well as those who commit offences against other people are often referred to as hooligans in social life. Today, hooliganism is still considered as one of the most common types of criminal offences, although the number of these offences tend to decrease. Considering the legal issues related to hooliganism as important and topical, I have chosen this subject for this article. The publication will deal with the following issues: the criminal judicial understanding of the concept ‘hooliganism’; the types of hooliganism – petty hooliganism as an administrative violation, criminally punishable hooliganism; as well as the prevention of hooliganism – general and special. The methodological basis of the research is composed of a dialectic method of scientific examination, method of general theoretical analysis (analysis, synthesis, abstraction, induction, deduction) and individual scientific (special) methods such as historical, comparative analysis.

THE FIRST INVESTIGATONS OF CYANOTOXINS PRESENCE IN WATERBODIES AND WATERCOURCES OF BELARUS

The estimation of species composition, abundance and biomass of cyanobacteria in “bloom” as well as the search for toxic species has been undertaken for the first time in 20 water bodies and water courses of Belarus mainly used for public recreation. There were identified 50 representatives of cyanobacteria assigned to 18 genera, among them three species were marked for the first time for the Belarus: Snowella atomus Komárek et Hindák., Anabaenopsis arnoldii Aptekar, Anabaenopsis kelifii Kog. By combining molecular-biological and analytical methods and by using genetic markers when studying toxic «water blooms» the search of genes responsible for synthesis of hepatotoxic microcystin, nodularin, cylindrospermosin and neurotoxic saxitoxin was undertaken. It has been shown that in all the investigated lakes and rivers there were cyanobacterium relating to Anabaena and Microcystis genera that can synthesize highly toxic microcystins – LR, RR, YR. Saxitoxin synthesis genes and close to it variants of paralytic toxins such as goniatoksins 5, 6, dekarbamoilgoniatoksin 2, dekarbamoilsaksitoksin and neosaksitoksin were found in 7 waterbodies.