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Leisure and Sport

A community built on the pond: Social cohesion, sport tourism and the World Pond Hockey Championships

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Awde, Cory
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Ottawa (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494464649
  • Country: Canada
  • State/Region: New Brunswick

Neoliberalism and globalization have contributed to an environment of economic uncertainty in rural Canada, raising concern for the social well-being of its residents. Despite immense challenges, many rural communities possess positive elements of social cohesion that can be used by the community in the pursuit of their communal objecti ....

A unique rurality: Exploring the role of the horse farm in the post-productivist rural landscape

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Wilton, Bronwynne Leigh
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Guelph (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494476246
  • Country: Canada
  • State/Region: Ontario

This thesis explores the role of the horse farm in the post-productivist rural landscape of Ontario, Canada. As agricultural landscapes in developed nations around the world evolve to an increasingly consumptive focus as opposed to a productivist landscape, there is an increased demand for recreational and lifestyle land uses in rural r ....

Alcohol consumption in amateur Australian Rules football clubs: evidence from a rural region

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Snow, P; Munro, G
  • Journal Name: Health Promotion Journal of Australia: Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
  • Journal Number: Vol. 10, No. 3
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Issue addressed: The extent to which amateur rural sporting clubs are settings in which harmful and hazardous levels of alcohol are consumed by players, supporters and officials. Methods: A survey of respondents in 13 rural sporting clubs across four amateur Australian rules football leagues in the Gippsland region, east of Melbour ....

An analysis of amenity-led rural economic development in northeast region: A spatial simultaneous equations approach

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Kahsai, Mulugeta Saare
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: West Virginia University
  • Published Location: United States -- West Virginia
  • ISBN: 9781109440652
  • Country: United States

In a matter of just a few decades, the economic landscape of rural America has changed in fundamental ways. Industries onceconsidered the backbone of rural economies have been  transformed by globalization and marketing. Others, such as tourism and amenity-based economies or the service sector, have emerged to replace the traditional na ....

Assessing the impact of a remote area casino: a mixed-methods approach using cognitive mapping and GIS

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Bruce Doran, Martin Young
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23 No.1
  • Publisher: eContent Management Pty Ltd
  • Published Location: Maleny, Qld.
  • ISBN: 1037-1656
  • Country: Australia

Since the introduction of electronic gaming machines into public hotels (pubs) and clubs across most of Australia from the mid-1990s onwards, research attention has largely focused on the impact of gambling venues in densely-populated urban areas along the eastern seaboard. In contrast, despite remote areas being well provisioned with gaming mach ....

Breaking My Country's Heart

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Charmaine Green
  • Journal Name: Artlink
  • Journal Number: Vol. 33 No. 3
  • Publisher: Artlink Australia
  • Published Location: Semaphore
  • ISBN: 0727-1239
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

Yamaji writer and painter Charmaine Green explores the impact of mining on the Aboriginal arts industry in a Western Australia rural coastal community with particular emphasis on tensions created from a mining-initiated Aboriginal art exhibition held in Perth called Good Heart. Report Locationhttp://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4038/breaking-my- ....

Building Regional Competitive Advantage and Liveability through Leisure

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Clayton J. Hawkins
  • Journal Name: Cradle Coast Young Professionals Network (CCYPN) Conference
  • Country: Australia

There is currently a significant gap in academic literature examining the benefits of leisure as a driver for the development of communities, especially when discussing the value of social capital developed through leisure. Leisure and social capital research fields do not yet have a common discourse. There are few examples o ....

Competitive Sport and Social Capital in Rural Australia

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Tonts, Matthew
  • Journal Name: Journal of Rural Studies
  • Journal Number: Vol.21, No.2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

Sport is often regarded as an important part of life in rural Australia, contributing to community identity, sense of place, social interaction and good health. The involvement of rural citizens in sport also has the potential to contribute to social capital. Understood in simple terms as norms of reciprocity and associational life, social capita ....

Economic and environmental equity in the U.S. nonmetropolitan tourism and recreationdependent communities

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Lee, Sang Kwon
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Texas A&M University
  • Published Location: United States -- Texas
  • Country: United States

This study focused on economic and environmental equity in tourism and recreation dependent communities in the U.S. In the economic equity section, research was conducted to do an empirical analysis of the income distribution in nonmetropolitan tourism and recreation dependent communities. In the environmental equity section, this study ....

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Silva, Desiree T; Lehmann, Deborah; Tennant, Mary T; Jacoby, Peter; Wright, Helen; Stanley, Fiona J
  • Journal Name: Medical Journal of Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol.188, No.10
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

This study examines whether the use of swimming pools can reduce the high prevalence of infections among children in remote Aboriginal communities. The communities of Jigalong and Mugarinya, in Western Australia, had public swimming pools installed in 2000, which were managed by the Royal Life Saving Society with regard to water te ....

Equine Industry Scoping Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: RDA Far South Coast
  • Published Location: Nowra, NSW

The Far South Coast region of NSW, covering the Local Government Areas of Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Bega Valley, hosts a large number of enterprises and activities associated with the professional and recreational equine sectors. The region is home to a growing range of equine therapists and professional practitioners in fields such as veterina ....

Locating the canon in Tamworth: historical narratives, cultural memory and Australia's 'Country Music Capital'

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Baker, Sarah; Huber, Alison
  • Journal Name: Popular Music
  • Journal Number: 32.2
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Published Location: United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 02611430
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

This article concerns the regional city of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, a place that prides itself on its reputation as Australia's home of country music. We consider the ongoing memorialisation of country music in Tamworth, and how the processes associated with the project of articulating country music's past work to create and maintain ....

Managing the NSW Marine Estate: Purpose, Underpinning Principles and Priority Setting

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Marine Estate Management Authority
  • Publisher: New South Wales Government
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

Almost six million people live within 50 kilometres of the NSW coastline. They and the rest of the NSW community plus the millions of domestic and international visitors enjoy the significant natural assets of the Marine Estate and generate billions of dollars each year for NSW and the Australian community. There are many varied commercial, ....

Mid North Coast creative industries Research Project

  • Year: 2009
  • Editors: Peter Higgs
  • Publisher: Evolve Network Australia
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

In the Mid North Coast the 2008 Regional Economic Profile recognised cultural and recreational services (of which creative industries are a sub-sector) as one of the top four growth industries within the region. The Mid North Coast Creative Industries Research Project set about developing benchmark data which would assist the futu ....

Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce: Final Report

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Northern Australia

The Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce has been charged with finding new opportunities for economic development in northern Australia based on water availability and sustainability. It is to report on the potential impact of new development on water balance and quality, the environment, existing water users and the broader community. It ....

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