Urban recreation research: An overview

Despite the fact that the population of the United States ha shifted from largely rural to largely urban in this century, the commitment to research in recreation, inadequate as it is, has remained in the hinterlands. There is no critical mass of recreation researchers focusing on urban recreation as there now is focused on outdoor recreation. Urban recreation studies have been noncumulative in nature due to the wide range their sponsors, staff, substantive topics, lack of generalizability, and inevitable tensions between practitioners and researchers. Ironically, urban recreational research, and support of it, has diminished in this country at the same time that there has been an increasing concern for such information and knowledge. The future looks bleak insofar as the development of a strong, major, national urban recreation research program is concerned.     

Comparative Review of Research on Environmental Impacts of Tourism in English and Chinese Literatures

China is experiencing an increasingly high level of recreation and tourism use of its environments but only limited studies of the environmental impacts of tourism have been published. This paper is based upon a collection of research papers on the environmental impacts of tourism in English and Chinese, especially research on carrying capacity and the physical impacts of tourism. The paper compares the characteristics of research in English and Chinese literatures. It shows that China lags behind the western world in this research field. Chinese researchers need to: (1) be more critical of the feasibility of carrying capacity applications; (2) introduce new technologies in their research on vegetation and soil; (3) know more about the buffering effects of different kinds of tourist trails such as boardwalks, concrete trails, cross-tie trails, cobble trails and so on; (4) try to shed light on possible positive impacts of tourism; and (5) pay more attention to the protection of environmentally sensitive areas. The paper also discusses the dilemmas of research on carrying capacity and environmental impacts.     

国外旅游购物研究综述——ATR和TM反映的学术态势

本文利用《旅游研究纪事》和《旅游管理》这两本国外主流旅游学术刊物所载有关旅游购物的研究文献,以时间顺序对其进行了梳理,界定了国外旅游购物研究的缘起及发展阶段,并分析了各个阶段的研究视角、研究方法、研究深度及其发展脉络。文章认为,国外旅游购物研究的视角经历了从旅游购物（品）向旅游购物者的转变,研究方法也逐步从描述性、概念性和简单的数理统计逐渐转变为复杂的数理统计和构建模型,深入、细化研究的学术传统也得到了传承。相比之下,国内旅游购物的研究视角和研究方法还存在较大差距,亟待转变,且研究还有待深入细化。     

Process,goal, and social interaction differences in recreation: What makes an activity substitutable

Abstract

In the present study two recreational activities, deer hunting and goose hunting, both similar in form, are compared. The study shows that the activity with the fewest perceived substitutes, deer hunting, also showed higher mean ratings on items measuring the importance of various elements of the experience, such as the process of participation, the goal of the activity, and the social interaction that accompanies the activity by the participants. Deer hunters also reported greater participation in the activity by peers and were more likely to be introduced to the activity by a family member. It is argued that these differences in the importance of the elements of the experiences influence the perceived substitutability of a recreational activity.     

回顾与展望:2000-2004年的《旅游学刊》

本文对2000-2004年《旅游学刊》刊登的481篇论文进行了分类统计,并着重介绍了旅游业产业地位和作用、可持续发展和生态旅游、景区保护与管理、饭店和旅行社、旅游规划、旅游经济分析、区域旅游业发展、旅游市场与旅游者行为、研究综述等9个主题的重要文献,以此追踪近年中国旅游研究的动态,并反映《旅游学刊》为促进我国旅游业发展和旅游研究进步而做的努力。     

专业教学中培养学生科技文献查阅及写作能力

土木工程专业人才应该具备较强的科技文献查阅及写作能力。基于此,以《路基路面工程》的教学为例,阐述了教学中加强学生科技文献查阅及写作能力培养的重要性,分析了科技文献查阅及写作的要点和途径。在专业教学的同时,实施学生科技文献查阅及写作能力的培养可以划分为三个阶段,即起步阶段教师的悉心指导、中期学生自行科技论文选材及撰写,以及后期教师的质量点评。     

新建应用型本科院校图书馆的文献资源建设

图书馆文献信息资源要符合新建应用型本科院校的定位,应用型本科院校的办学定位应该立足自身特色,培养高素质应用型人才。新建应用型本科院校图书馆的文献要有自身特色,要把最能代表本校特色的文献作为资源建设重点,本校特色专业的文献要尽量全面收集,形成独特的馆藏优势。同时应广泛收集能提高学生素质的文献。     

对新形势下辅导员开展谈心工作的探析的

与学生谈心是辅导员开展学生工作的重要方法,新形势下辅导员开展谈心工作被赋予了新的内涵和要求,辅导员要不断提高自身素质,善于运用各种谈心方式做好与学生的交流与沟通,将学生的思想引导、心理疏导与教育管理服务工作结合起来,增强工作的针对性和实效性。