Preparation from Co-cities

At the latest conference press held in mid of April,it is released by Chinese government officials that preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games in co-host cities are progressing well and most of the facilities are already in place.     

拉萨老城区原住居民和非原住居民地方感差异研究

以拉萨老城为案例,从地方认知、地方依恋感、地方行为意向三个维度对原住居民与非原住居民地方感差异进行解读。研究发现：在地方认知层面,两者对老城环境、居民与游客之间互动评价很高,老城对原住居民的个人意义更为重要,带给他们的满足感也要高于非原住居民;在地方依恋感层面,原住居民地方依恋感强于非原住居民,并且其情感性依恋高于功能性依恋,而非原住居民则相差不大;在地方行为意向层面,均以赞成保护为主。居民地方感差异研究为老城区的保护、建设和管理提供了依据,具有一定的现实意义和参考价值。     

“慢”视角下旅游休闲研究——兼国内外案例分析

21世纪经济全球化浪潮带来了物质和信息快速发展,"慢"成为对当今社会经济发展节奏及质量的深刻反思,这一社会生活新思维随即扩展到不同的学科领域,"慢旅游"由此诞生。本文尝试在国内外学者研究的基础上,对慢旅游发展的必要性和可行性进行分析,并在此基础上提出建构休闲慢旅游的策略。     

温泉泉源场所旅游情景构建研究

全国范围内的温泉旅游开发已进入火热阶段,在可持续发展理念基础上,尚需要倡导温泉敬畏精神,以平衡正在出现的过度开发现象,能够体现温泉敬畏的场所以泉源区最为重要。可以泉源内涵、场所依赖及旅游情景等学术成果为理论基础,研究并提出了泉源观光化、泉源小体验、方位指示、投宿泉源、泉源市井化、泉源以远的功能分异、仪式空间等情景类型。     

Aquatic resources and recreation behavior

While substantial effort has been undertaken to understand the consequences of industrial and agricultural uses for the environment, concern has also been expressed about its other uses, including recreation. Little is known about the relationship between recreational behavior and an environmental resource base. The present paper focuses upon participation in a specific outdoor recreation activity or activity‐cluster and dominant resource base where participation occurs. Resource bases identified were river, lake, ocean, swamp/marsh, forest/mountain, range/ farm and city/town. Emphasis is placed upon aquatic environs and participation in water‐based recreation. Water activities constituted from 14–30 percent of all outdoor activities taking place at those resource bases identified. Aquatic environments provided the resource base for 38 percent of all recreation participation events, water‐ and non‐water based, occurring during one reporting period. While participation in water‐based activities requires a water resource, the array of participation patterns reported suggests that resource bases defined as recreation places provide a wide range of opportunities for non‐resource‐dependent recreation activities. One conclusion is that resource bases cannot be distinguished by the recreation activities occurring on them. Resource bases in fact facilitate a wide range of recreation activities, some holding little direct connection with the resource base, nor are the conditions of the resource sufficient to predict behavioral outcomes.     

Domestic tourists to Elmina Castle,Ghana: motivation,tourism impacts,place attachment,and satisfaction

Abstract

Current research on dark tourism lacks an in-depth investigation of the relationships between the various psychological factors that influence tourist satisfaction. Using the cognitive-affective-behavior system, this paper evaluates a theoretical model that postulates relationships between four constructs, namely: motivation, perceptions of tourism impacts, place attachment, and satisfaction. The study extends the tourism literature on cultural sustainability by showing the psychological connections of domestic tourists to a dark heritage site, and the implications for perceptions of tourism impacts on this heritage. Based on a sample of 414 domestic tourists at a dark heritage site in Elmina, Ghana, PLS-SEM confirmed several inter-relationships among the four constructs. Motivation had a positive relationship with perceptions of positive and negative tourism impacts, suggesting that the tourists who were more motivated to visit the site for cultural/learning experiences were also more inclined to perceive both positive and negative tourism impacts. Implications for dark tourism and how heritage site management can influence tourists’ perceptions of impacts are offered.     

从康师傅·顶通看我国第三方物流的发展

文中通过剖析十几年前康师傅因外包无法取得预期效果而被迫成立顶通物流、到后期顶通物流独立出来并发展壮大的案例，从企业内外部环境、企业行业位置、市场分工与专业化等多个动态因素角度，探讨了外部环境和企业自身状况对企业物流外包选择的影响，认为该案例实际上折射了我国改革开放以来第三方物流发展的动态历程，物流内部化的交易成本和生产成本都相对上升，而物流外包组织方式的交易成本和生产成本却相对下降。     

Safety at play: let's all help to prevent drowning

The association between place of residence, population density, relief and type of event (collision or non-collision of the vehicle) has not been evaluated in developing countries. The main objective of this study is to determine the differential factors associated with the occurrence of deaths of collision and non-collision automobile users in Patagonia, Argentina. A multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using as the dependent variable death by car accident (collision or non-collision of the vehicle) and sex, age, place of residence of the victim, relief and population density as the independent variables. Collision fatalities were related to areas of high population density, while non-collision fatalities were related to areas of low population density, mountainous landscape and place of residence of the victims outside the Patagonian region. The results obtained in this study indicate the need to develop differential primary prevention policies by place of residence of car occupants, focusing on Patagonia non-resident drivers and by emphasising non-collision accidents.     

Relational spatiality and resort restructuring

This study examines the extent to which relational spatiality is captured within coastal resort restructuring visions drawing on a detailed examination of Newquay, UK. It outlines the relevance of relational spatiality for spatial planning generally and coastal resort restructuring specifically. Then, utilising Healey’s (2004) conceptualisations of space and place, and employing content analysis of selected tourism strategising documents, it explores the treatment of space and place in Newquay’s visions for restructuring. It reveals the co-existence of Essentialist and Relational approaches to spatial planning, with greater emphasis placed on the former, whilst the latter is used primarily as a tool through which to extend the resort’s reach. Some implications for coastal resort restructuring in Newquay and elsewhere are highlighted.     

‘I Don't Like My Children to Grow up in this Bad Area’: Parental Anxieties about Living in Informal Settlements

A growing body of research on informal settlements considers the experiences of children, but seldom outlines the daily parenting experiences of adult men and women. At the same time, policy on housing in South Africa points to the ways in which the ‘eradication’ of informal housing will help provide children with better futures. This article explores the social relation of parenting within an informal settlement in Durban, South Africa, bearing in mind the broader difficulties of parenting in poverty, and points to ways in which the material qualities of informal settlements contribute to feelings of anxiety in parents. It questions how these experiences might differ from or be similar to those of parents who live in generic contexts of poverty (but not necessarily informality). It concludes ultimately that living in an informal settlement does actually contribute to particular parental anxieties, but that there is no guarantee that informal housing eradication will remove these concerns.