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Determinants of satisfaction in people participating in touristic and recreational activities in Wielkopolski National Park

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Kubiczak K.

Studia Periegetica

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2015

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vol. 14(2)

41-51

EN

The main aim of this study was to identify determinants of satisfaction in people participating in touristic and recreational activities in Wielkopolski National Park (WPN). This work determined the motivations which gave interest in the touristic and recreational activities and the importance of tourist values like natural resources and cultural heritages. The study evaluated the tourist infrastructure which may impact on visitor satisfaction. The results were obtained from a questionnaire survey and a factors and components analysis. The conducted research confirms these influences on satisfaction: age of the visitors, level of education, tourist values, and tourist infrastructure. Wielkopolski National Park is an attractive place for people from the agglomeration of Poznań and chosen, in particular, for one-day activities.

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Leisure as a Category of Culture, Philosophy and Recreation

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Zowisło M.

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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2010

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vol. 50

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issue 1

66-71

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When we look at the very origins of human world, civilization in its history and prehistory, we can trace strong evidence of the archaic presence of leisure in human life. It seems striking and meaningful that in fact all that is human streams out from leisure. Leisure occurs to be an arch-human phenomenon. This paper addresses this multidimensional cultural presence and the sense and value of leisure conceived as a source of civilization, symbolic thought, social institutions, habits and practices. The cultural primordiality of leisure is evident when we take into consideration an aboriginal release from total preoccupation with only impulsive and instinctual survival activities that took place in the era of Homo habilis some 2 millions years ago. It is obvious that free time was a great achievement of these evolutionary forms of human beings when we reflect upon the earliest seeds of consciousness expressed in primitive pebble tools. These tools tell us about at least three important messages from our prehistory: that first man must have had some free time to think about given life-troubles and inventing implements; that primitive tools must have been a real help and means for hastening and unburdening a load of work and must have given in effect a small amount of discretionary time to avoid impulsive activity; and last, that primitive tools afterwards became the first material for imaginative aesthetic transformation and gave the first impulse for art. So art was the earliest non-compulsory and non-functional field of free activity and a borderline between the biological and cultural existence of infra-human and human species, the former centered completely and instinctively on just remaining alive and the latter disclosing outdistanced, free and reflective behavior. The next evolutionary steps in development of using free time were religion and philosophy. In religious acts with their ritual practices human beings made holy days of their holidays. Philosophical contemplation gave broad space for autonomous and autotelic thinking and self-fulfilling practices focused on human intellectual and moral self-realization (semi-divine activity and happiness). But the most modern acceleration of exercising leisure is recreation understood as a differential area of physical culture, tourism, play and rest. Leisure occurs to be not only free time after obligatory activities bound up with biological determinants of life and with work are completed, it is also an important social factor (for instance, for the stratification of the levels or classes of society), an existential state of being, a phenomenon of rejuvenation, enjoyment, pastime, pleasure, distraction, indolence, idleness. Leisure appears at last a great challenge for humans to show their own specific and private attitude towards their lives and understanding their own position in the whole world. The authentic leisure is not void time, it is overfilled with creative acts confirming human freedom and capacity for transgressionvirtue, here and now, sentiments

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UDZIAŁ FOTOGRAFII W PROMOCJI TURYSTYKI I REKREACJI

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Caban J., Zielińska D.

Eunomia – Rozwój Zrównoważony – Sustainable Development

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2020

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issue 1(98)

119-127

EN

The work aims to show the importance of photography in tourism and recreation promotion. A diagnostic survey in the form of a questionnaire was used to collect the test material. The group of respondents was positioned by tourists and travel agency employees. Analysis of research results has shown that photography is an inseparable part of the offers presented in tourist travels, which is therefore part of the promotion of tourism and recreation. For tourists and recreational is also an important issue, thanks to the pictures are offered interested in a given trip or recreation.

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Lęk jako przykład emocji ograniczającej działalność rekreacyjną oraz wspomagającej proces szkolenia trenerów outdoor

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Czermak P., Chudobina A.

Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny

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2016

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issue 2(240)

233-242

EN

In the last two decades extreme sports have been gaining popularity. Easy access to equipment and technological development affects a larger number of people practising such disciplines as rock climbing or skydiving. These disciplines are strongly associated with experiencing both positive and negative emotions. Research conducted in different sports disciplines clearly shows that emotions such as anxiety have a negative effect on the sport result. Unfortunately, we very often ignore the importance of emotions in recreational activities, which may be an omission in relation to extreme sports. The aim of this study was to find the relationship between the level of state anxiety and effectiveness of rock climbing, and the use of the phenomenon in educating outdoor trainers. The experiment was conducted in natural environment. The measurement of anxiety level was conducted using State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The results show the negative impact of anxiety on the effectiveness of rock climbing. Research analysis indicates a high possibility of using the test results in the process of educating outdoor trainers.

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Determinants of free time spent in forested areas by students of the Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska

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Dąbrowski D., Zbucki Ł.

Studia Periegetica

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2014

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vol. 11(1)

75-87

EN

The aim of the paper is to assess the determinants of free time spent in forested areas by students of the Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Poland. In the paper, the authors have assessed the need to spend free time in forest, the role of the forest in the respondents’ lives, how much time they spend in this forest environment, and what forms of recreation they pursue here. The authors have also listed the benefits of spending free time in this environment, and what limitations young people have in organizing and using their free time in the forest. The above-mentioned aspects have been assessed analyzing the following factors: sex, place of residence, distance to the nearest forest. The empirical study was conducted in 2013, applying the diagnostic survey method and questionnaire form. The study was carried out on 400 students of the Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Poland. The university students mostly declared a will to spend their free time in forested areas, far away from the places they live in. The most popular forms of recreation were marches and strolls, and cycling. The respondents also displayed interest in other activities such as mushroom-picking and socializing in the forest. Spending time in the forest provides various benefits, as was listed by the youths surveyed, i.e. physical and mental recuperation of the body, the need for internal peace and rest, mood improvement, and the possibility of stress relief. While assessing the barriers to spending time in forested areas, the respondents pointed out fear of encountering wild animals and the possibility of being bitten by a tick. Quite an important barrier stated was the distance from the place of their residence to the nearest woods.

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Factors determining the demand for recreation services in the lake ecosystems of Gniezno

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Bernaciak A., Murdak P.

Studia Periegetica

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2014

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vol. 12(2)

151-164

EN

Lake ecosystems provide a number of services for socio-economic systems; recreational services are among them. Many different conditions affect the ability to use these services by society, which can be distinguished as natural or anthropogenic conditions. Supporting natural conditions through actions taken by a socio-economic system shapes the size and structure of the demand for the provision of recreational services.

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Factors of success in recreational paragliding – The case of Monte Grappa and Lijak take-offss

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Grenda M., Nowacki M.

Studia Periegetica

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2014

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vol. 11(1)

89-102

EN

The aim of this study is to identify the factors influencing the performance of long flights in paragliding. In the case of recreational paragliding pilots agree that a successful flight is one that lasts as long as possible and contains the largest possible distance traveled. Data of analyzed flights were collected using a web portal - xcc.paragliding.pl. Paraglide pilots place tracks of their flights recorded by GPS devices in the system, along with the dates of their flights, and wings on which the flight was executed. Meteorological data for each flight is obtained from the weather service portals, and thus, the conditions under which the flight took place are established. In order to check the impact of the takeoff site on the result achieved by the pilots, tracks were collected from two popular paragliding destinations in Europe: Monte Grappa (Italy) and Lijak (Slovenia). The performed analyzes revealed that success in paragliding primarily determines the experience and skills of the pilot and, to a lesser extent, the weather conditions and characteristics of the equipment. A perfect pilot and weather conditions, in the light of the studies, did not have a significant effect on the results achieved by the pilot. Characteristics of the areas where the pilots are flying are so important, that in order to identify the determinants of success in recreational paragliding, analyzes should be performed for each destination separately.

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Identifying students’ entrepreneurial aspirations in the tourism and recreation industry

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Sidorkiewicz M.

Turyzm

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2020

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vol. 30

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issue 2

79-84

EN

The aim of the article, in theoretical terms, is to investigate aspirations for entrepreneurship among students. In empirical terms, the objective is to determine the levels of aspiration in the field of entrepreneurship among students with a tourism and recreation profile in the business area related to their degree. In other words the scale of their willingness to set up their own business in the tourism and recreation industry. To achieve its goal, primary research was conducted using the questionnaire method (114 students of Tourism and Recreation took part). Moreover, desk research was used in the form of literature analysis, ‘logical operations’ and observation (especially in referring to practical aspects). The article consists of four substantive parts, an introduction and a conclusion. The results of the research show that the level of entrepreneurship aspiration among the students surveyed is high. The majority (89%) plan to set up their own business in the future in the area of tourism and recreation (76%), most often in the accommodation industry, event organisation or catering.

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The relationship between leisure activity types selected by older adults and their income

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Gümüş H., Erbaş Ü.

Studia Periegetica

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2020

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vol. 29(1)

87-98

EN

This study focused on investigating the relationship between leisure activity types selected by individuals aged 65 and older and their income. The target population included inhabitants of Mersin Province aged 65 and older. A purposive sample of 228 individuals was recruited to participate in the study. The questionnaire consisted of a demographic information form and the “Leisure participation scale”, including six different activity types for which the respondents were asked to determine the frequency of participation. The collected data were analysed for normality, and by applying the independent T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). In order to discover the cause of the inter-group differences (e.g. education level), Fisher’s LSD test was used. Significance was set at 0.05. The respondents’ participation in cultural activities was found to be positively correlated with their income level. Individuals in the low income group preferred “volunteering activities”, while individuals in the high income group preferred “cultural activities such as watching TV, going to cinema, concerts, museums”. Individuals in the moderate income group usually opted for “hobbies and indoor activities such as painting, reading, playing musical instruments”. Elderly people with moderate incomes, who tend to prefer indoor activities, should be encouraged to engage in outdoor activities that are more beneficial for their mental, physiological and psychological health. This results of the study can be used as recommendations concerning leisure activity types for private elderly care centers, ministries responsible for the health of elderly people, local authorities and other institutions that plan leisure activities for this social group.

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Lęk jako przykład emocji ograniczającej działalność rekreacyjną oraz wspomagającej proces szkolenia trenerów outdoor

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Czermak P., Chudobina A.

Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny

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2016

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vol. 61(2 (240))

233-242

PL

In the last two decades extreme sports have been gaining popularity. Easy access to equipment and technological development affects a larger number of people practising such disciplines as rock climbing or skydiving. These disciplines are strongly associated with experiencing both positive and negative emotions. Research conducted in different sports disciplines clearly shows that emotions such as anxiety have a negative effect on the sport result. Unfortunately, we very often ignore the importance of emotions in recreational activities, which may be an omission in relation to extreme sports. The aim of this study was to find the relationship between the level of state anxiety and effectiveness of rock climbing, and the use of the phenomenon in educating outdoor trainers. The experiment was conducted in natural environment. The measurement of anxiety level was conducted using State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The results show the negative impact of anxiety on the effectiveness of rock climbing. Research analysis indicates a high possibility of using the test results in the process of educating outdoor trainers.

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Prospects for tourism development in Polish national parks

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Nowicki R., Nowacka K.

Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Bankowej we Wrocławiu

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2012

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issue 28

221-232

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The present study includes the analysis of participation of tourists in various forms of tourism and recreation and shows the ways of spending leisure time there and preferred directions of the more far development of national parks. The poll was conducted in two national parks: Białowieża National Park and Gorczanski National Park, and participated by 286 persons over 18 years of age. The results of the conducted research show that the vast majority of surveyed tourists visited the national park for the first time. Polish national parks have got numerous natural and landscape values appreciated by tourists. However the research indicates the great need for accommodation and catering facilities, tourist and sport infrastructure and cultural and entertainment offer. Tourists come to the national park not only to get familiar with its nature and landscape values but also to get rest, relax, do sport and use different forms of tourism.

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Artykuł zawiera analizę uczestnictwa turystów przebywających w parkach narodowych w różnych formach turystyki i rekreacji oraz ukazuje sposoby spędzania przez nich wolnego czasu i preferowane przez nich kierunki dalszego rozwoju parków narodowych. Badania ankietowe przeprowadzono na grupie 286 osób, które ukończyły 18 lat, w Gorczańskim Parku Narodowym. Z badań wynika, że większość ankietowanych turystów zwiedzała park narodowy po raz pierwszy. Gorczański Park Narodowy posiada cenione przez turystów walory przyrodnicze i krajobrazowe. Jednak badania wykazują duże potrzeby w zakresie bazy noclegowej i gastronomicznej, infrastruktury turystycznej i sportowej oraz oferty kulturalnej i rozrywkowej. Turyści przyjeżdżają do parku narodowego nie tylko po to, by zapoznać się z jego przyrodą i walorami krajobrazowymi, ale także wypocząć, zrelaksować się, uprawiać sport i korzystać z różnych form turystyki.

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Selected factors that influence the practice of recreational activity in urban parks in Katowice

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Socha P., Socha K.

Studia Periegetica

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2015

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vol. 13(1)

145-161

EN

Katowice is the central city in the Silesian Agglomeration. Commonly, it is associated with high industrialization and the mining industry, but it also has a wealth of green spaces. Sports have had a long history in Katowice. Physical culture developed together with political and economic changes, also following the main trends stemming from abroad. Even today in the city, we can see the development a modern trend: outdoor exercise. In the conducted study on the physical activity of residents in Katowice (N = 250), 11 city parks were taken into consideration. The aim of the study was to identify factors (forms, availability, management, and motivation) responsible for the development of recreation and parks in urban areas of large cities. It was found that the Katowice parks are suitable places to practice various terrain forms of movement and to have sports facilities.

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Sport, Recreation and Tourism Activities Conducted by Social Assistance Centers in Poland as a Way of Combating Social Exclusion of the Unemployed

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Olszewski-Strzyżowski D. J.

Studia Periegetica

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2017

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vol. 19(3)

79-97

EN

Social exclusion is not only associated with the lack of material resources and the inability to participate in the consumer society, but also includes insufficient and unequal participation in social, economic, political and cultural life, as a result of limited access to resources, goods and institutions, leading to the deprivation of social and cultural needs. Social exclusion is a multidimensional phenomenon. This term also refers to a situation in which a member of socjety cannot normally participate in civic activities, satisfy their needs, interests or participate in activities, such as recreation, sport and tourism. The aim of the article is to analyse activities organised by social assistance centres in Poland in the field of sport, recreation and tourism for the benefit of socially excluded persons. The study confirmed that such actions can significantly contribute to the inclusion of such persons in the normal course of social life and give them a sense of belonging.

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Maria Teresa Horta e Leonor de Almeida Portugal: do grão de luz ao bago da romã…

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Henrique Ribeiro Gonçalves A.

Studia Iberystyczne

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2014

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vol. 13

195-206

EN

The art of fitting stories into other stories is as old as human creativity itself. A seductive technique as it allows the reader to jump from one chess literary piece to another, without losing the thread. Maria Teresa Horta assembles in The lights of Leonor (2011) a mosaic of real/imaginary situations, leading the reader into the most secret existential labyrinths of Marquise of Alorna, her grandmother, a melting pot of poetic prose and integral poetry, in which each sentence is a verse and each paragraph is a strophe.

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THE GARDEN CITY AS LIVING, WORKING AND RECREATION SPACE – IN THE PAST AND TODAY

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Szczepańska M.

Studia Periegetica

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2011

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vol. 6

77-89

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In the nineteenth century Europe underwent intensive social and economic transformations. Rapidly progressing industrialization as well as violent demographic growth caused by rural population migrating to cities, contributed to numerous pathologies in the development of urban space, such as overpopulation, homelessness, decline in hygiene standards and epidemic risk. Suburbs began to grow uncontrollably, the quality of living conditions deteriorated, routes and water supplies were less and less efficient. The administrative and education structures needed to be improved. The standard of living in the cities was decreasing even though many inhabitants were getting wealthier. In the ensuing situation, there was a necessity to create space that would provide all the citizens with a good job, apartment and urban comfort allowing them to rest and get closer to nature. The pioneer of a new way of thinking about a city was Ebenezer Howard, the creator of the garden city idea based on the theory of the three magnets. Howard wanted to combine the advantages of living in the city with those in the countryside, eliminating at the same time their disadvantages. A good example of the implementation of his idea is Hellerau near Dresden. Presently, thanks to its interesting history and unusual spatial composition Hellerau has become an international destination for cultural tourism. Unfortunately, the lack of adequate legal tools protecting the existing facilities and no possibility to interfere in the designs of newly created facilities can be a danger to the harmonious landscape of Hellerau. The quintessence of the modernist approach to the so called “urban planning with a human face” was the Athens Charter established in 1933 at the International Congress of the Modern Architecture.

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ZAGOSPODAROWANIE CZASU WOLNEGO W MIEJSKICH I WIEJSKICH GOSPODARSTWACH DOMOWYCH

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Gutkowska K., Murawska A.

Polityka Społeczna

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2011

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vol. 38

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issue 8(449)

22-29

EN

The leisure management in the urban and rural households is characterized in the article. The main aim of this work was to present: the ways of leisure in the households, the financial ability to meet the needs of recreational services, leisure equipment in households and satisfaction connected with leisure management. The article shows the differences that occur in this respect in the rural and urban households. The article refers to data collected by Central Statistical Office and the research project "Social Diagnosis".

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A proposal for a tourist attraction using the green corridors linear recreation system in Poznań

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Styperek J.

Studia Periegetica

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2015

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vol. 13(1)

201-213

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Poznań has a very specific system of greenbelts lying along the main hydrographic axes of the city. Structural green corridors, allowing rest and regeneration, were created as a result of the urban forming of river valleys. Since one of the main aims of creating green corridors is to make them accessible an attractive in terms of nature and landscape recreational space, they are shown as a linear recreation system. The main purpose of the article is to present a proposal for the tourist attraction using the green corridors in Poznań, which consists of four essential parts: statistical, cartographic, descriptive, and visualization. Each part of the model has been presented on three informational levels: basic, detailed, and “special.” The preparation of the model was preceded by pilot research using interviews and surveys.

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REMOTE SENSING USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES FOR TOURIST-RECREATION LAKE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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Borkowski G., Młynarczyk A.

Quaestiones Geographicae

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2019

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vol. 38

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issue 1

5-14

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This article concerns the use of remote sensing methods to assess the potential of tourism and recreation of lakes by using unmanned aerial vehicles as a tool that offers new measurement possibilities in such difficult areas to research as river and lake systems. For the purpose of the study, air surveys over three lakes used for tourism and recreation purposes were planned and carried out. These were the following lakes: Swarzędzkie, Wolsztyńskie and Zbąszyńskie located in western Poland. The photos were taken with a RGB and a multispectral cameras. On the basis of calculated orthophotomaps and digital surface models, anthropogenic and natural values were assessed. The examples of the research show the versatile possibilities of using drones dependent on the type sensor used. Remote sensing performed from the deck of an unmanned aircraft is widely used in the study of lakes and is an alternative to existing land and water research methods.

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Tourist, ecological and recreational behaviours in leisure time – contribution to the sociology of leisure

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Cynarski W., Grzywacz R.

Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie Kultura Fizyczna

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2016

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vol. 15

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issue 1

79-88

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Theoretical perspective for this study is created by sociology of leisure, or rather – the border area of sociology of culture, tourism and leisure. Paradigms: humanistic, the ecological, and systemic are also included. Own authors’ original concepts of leisure and lifestyle are presented. The scientific problem concerns the leisure activity of the middle class representatives. The aim is to describe and to compare this activity of a selected family to the national average: notes of one family from Central Europe concerning active recreation in the period 2010–2014. The research method has been a case study of activities for four periods of holiday. The Grounded Theory and analysis of a discourse was used. The case study is a qualitative method, not requiring statistical analysis. Results and conclusions are limited. The applied method does not allow to draw any generalizing conclusions.The family tended to be active, practicing various forms of physical or cultural recreation. They have been spending leisure time together for better internal integration. These people really enjoy ecological and healthy lifestyle.

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Perspektywa teoretyczna dla tego opracowania jest tworzona przez socjologię czasu wolnego, a raczej pogranicza socjologii kultury, socjologii turystyki i czasu wolnego. Uwzględniono paradygmat humanistyczny, ekologiczny i systemowy. Przedstawiane są własne, autorskie, oryginalne koncepcje rozrywki i wypoczynku, czasu wolnego i stylu życia. Problem naukowy dotyczy aktywności czasu wolnego przedstawicieli klasy średniej. Celem jest, aby opisać i porównać tę aktywność na przykładzie wybranej rodziny z odniesieniem do średniej krajowej: według notatek z jednej rodziny z Europy Środkowej dotyczących aktywnego wypoczynku w okresie 2010–2014. Metodą badania była analiza przypadku działań w czterech okresy wypoczynku wakacyjnego. Zastosowano Grounded Theory oraz analizę dyskursu. Studium przypadku, jako metoda jakościowa, nie wymaga opracowania statystycznego, ale także nie upoważnia do wyciągania wniosków uogólniających. Badana rodzina wykazuje tendencję do aktywności, uprawiania różnych form rekreacji fizycznej i kulturowej. Oni starają się spędzać razem czas wolny zwłaszcza dla lepszej wewnętrznej integracji. Ci ludzie naprawdę realizują ekologiczny i zdrowy styl życia.

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Secondary Geodiversity and its Potential for Urban Geotourism: A Case Study from Brno City, Czech Republic

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Kubalíková L., Kirchner K., Bajer A.

Quaestiones Geographicae

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2017

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vol. 36

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issue 3

EN

Secondary geodiversity (represented by anthropogenic landforms, which can be considered a significant part of geoheritage of certain area) can be seen as an important resource for geotourism and geoeducational activities within urban areas. Brno city (Czech Republic) is rich in these landforms as well as numerous urban areas. Some of them (especially old quarries and underground spaces) are already used for recreation, tourism and leisure or they serve as excursion localities for the university students, some of them are unique from the geoscience point of view and they have also certain added values (historical, archaeological or ecological). However, in some cases, their potential is not fully recognised. The article describes the main anthropogenic landforms within Brno city and analyses their suitability for geotourism and geoeducational activities.

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