1st Edition
The Geography of Recreation and Leisure
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1972, this book discusses changing attitudes to work and leisure and patterns of leisure activity, asking if recreation, as an economic activity, a distinctive spatial expression. It examines characteristics of spa towns and coastal resorts in the nineteenth century as well as provision of leisure amenities in urban and rural areas of contemporary Britain and the changing... Read more
Introduction: The Ideology of Leisure 1. Geography, Recreation and Leisure 2. Spa Waters and Sea Spray 3. International Tourism 4. North American Leisure 5. Recreation in Rural Britain 6. Planning for the Recreational Use of the Coasts of Britain 7. Free Time in the City
Biography
Isobel Cosgrove, Richard Jackson
