9781137385079-1137385073-Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology (Leisure Studies in a Global Era)

Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology (Leisure Studies in a Global Era)

ISBN-13: 9781137385079
ISBN-10: 1137385073
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Author: Sean Ryan
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 198 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781137385079
ISBN-10: 1137385073
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Author: Sean Ryan
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 198 pages

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Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology (Leisure Studies in a Global Era) (ISBN-13: 9781137385079 and ISBN-10: 1137385073), written by authors Sean Ryan, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Biological Sciences (Natural Resources, Nature & Ecology, Conservation, Sociology of Sports, Sports Miscellaneous, Human Geography, Social Sciences, Rural, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology (Leisure Studies in a Global Era) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biological Sciences books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Deciding what user impacts are natural or unnatural has inspired much debate. Biophysically, moose cause similar kinds of soil and vegetation impacts as hikers. Yet moose are the sign of nature while hikers are the sign of damage. The field of outdoor recreation is beset with paradoxes, and this book presents a unique, alternative framework to address these dilemmas. Examining outdoor recreation through the lens of ecological theory, Ryan draws from theorists such as Foucault, Derrida and Latour. The book explores minimum impact strategies designed to protect and enhance ecological integrity, but that also require a disturbing amount of policing of users, which runs counter to the freedom users seek. Recent ecological theory suggests that outdoor recreation's view of nature as balanced when impacts are removed is outdated and incorrect. What is needed, and indeed Ryan presents, is a paradoxical and ecological view of humans as neither natural nor unnatural, a view that embraces some traces in nature.
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