Recreation and Leisure Research from an Active Living Perspective: Taking a Second Look at Urban Trail Use Data

This paper examines recreation and leisure research within the context of active living, and highlights an apparent gap between the current involvement of recreation and leisure researchers and the potential they could offer to this important and expanding area of inquiry. To illustrate this potential, I looked at two previous studies that focused on the recreational use of urban trails and reanalyzed the data from an active living perspective. In Study 1, individual, social and environmental factors helped distinguish between low, moderate, and high activity level trail uses. In Study 2, use patterns helped distinguish between health-motivated trail users and individuals using trails for recreation and other purposes, but perceptual and demographic data were similar among groups. Findings from similar studies can help inform active living research, and recreation and leisure studies can provide leadership and contributions to a transdisciplinary understanding of active living.     

The Land Crisis in Zimbabwe Viewed from South of the Limpopo

Farm invasions in Zimbabwe have highlighted the pressing need for land reform throughout the southern African region. In South Africa, where the racial disparities in land holding are most severe, the events in Zimbabwe have raised the temperature of the land debate and led to calls for land invasions by some rural groups. The ANC-led government, facing criticism from both right and left for the slow pace of reform, has veered between strident defence of private property rights and threats to expropriate white farms. White farming interests have reacted differentially, with some progressive voices joining the calls for an accelerated reform programme. Current land reform policy in South Africa seems set to advance the interests of emerging black commercial farmers and tribal chiefs at the expense of the rural poor and landless.     

城市道路交通拥堵问题及对策研究——以昆明市为例

城市交通拥堵问题已经成为中国社会的难点和热点问题,政府部门和社会公众都对其深恶痛绝,但却无计可施。虽然从道路设施建设、观念更新、管理机制等进行了一些研究和尝试,但由于不能统筹,所采取的措施单方面收效甚微。对此,以昆明市为例,分析造成城市交通拥堵的主要原因,提出缓解城市交通拥堵的对策和建议。     

以提高表达能力为核心的蒙生汉语语用教学新模式探索

汉语课程是民族教育的基础课程,也是促进民族教育质量的主要推力。针对语际语境和民族文化语境双重影响下的蒙古族学生汉语表达缺陷,研究并应用以表达为核心的汉语语用教学方法尤为重要。本文就蒙生语用方面的问题,从文化词语分析、设计教学情境、布置相应课程模块等方面探讨构建新教学方法和模式。     

论中小城市道路工程施工质量管理模式

城市道路施工不同于公路建设,由于多在市区施工,必然受到交通、时间等限制,同时也要为城市居民生活作考虑,在紧促时间的限制下,往往导致城市道路出现质量问题,这就需要对城市道路工程施工质量问题进行严格把关,本文将着重分析、探讨中小城市道路施工的特点,以及如何确保中小城市道路工程的施工质量。     

科学运用平均指标

国家统计局公布2008年全国城镇单位职工平均工资为29229元,比上年增长17.2%。公布后社会反映强烈,普遍认为这个水平过高,与实际不符。用这样一个平均数反映全国城镇职工工资收入水平是不妥当的,文章以实例阐述总体平均工资这一指标的不足之处,在此基础上提出改进办法。     

剩余电流保护器的应用分析

该文对剩余电流保护器在选型和安装等方面,进行正确与错误做法的对比分析,提出应用中几点注意事项。