Recreation And Leisure Flashcards
Due to advance mechanical equipment and automated processes and factories agricultures and services field productive capacity increased
Increase in discretionary time
Sophisticated technology has provide new forms of recreations for people outdoor recreations uses complex and expensive devices such as skydiving hang gliding scuba diving both ruling bleeding skiing and snowboarding
Influence of technology
Many people are now concerned about improving their health vitality and appearance which led to the growth of public interest and exercise and physical fitness program
Public interest in health and fitness
Various form of recreations are being developed by profit seeking businesses such as music televisions movies sports stadiums cruise ships theme parks and other leisures activities
Commodifications of leisure
Recently there has been an increase recognitions of the need to provide recreational programs for a special populations such as mentally challenged mentally ill and physically challenged
Therapeutic recreation service
Due to the emergence of strong feminist movement the inequality in leisure opportunities was corrected
New leisure rule of women
These are the federal states provincial agencies and local department that provide recreations and leisure services as primary function
Government recreational agencies
These are non-governmental non-profit agencies both sectarian and non-sectarian which serve the public at large with multi service programs that often include a substantial elements of recreational opportunities
Voluntary non-profit organization
They provide recreationals and social activities for their own members and some cases assist community recreational needs
Private membership organizations
These are privately owned business which operate to make a profit such as sky center bowling alleys nightclubs movie houses theater health spas our fitness center dancing schools and theme parks
Commercial enterprises
They serve those who work for companies or employers by providing recreations as a part of a total personnels benefits package link to other services concerned with employee health and fitness
Employee recreational programs
Each of the major branches of the armed forces operates an extensive networks for recreational facilities and programs
Armed forces recreation
It includes intramural athlete athletics or sports club a social activities travel program performing arts group entertainment lodges film services and other forms of recreationals on colleges and university campuses
Campus recreation
This includes any types of program designed to meet their needs of persons with physical or mental disability individuals with poor health depending aging personnels social deviance persons incursional facilities and similar special groups
Therapeutic recreational service
Two major equations service components
Sports are popular recreations
2 tourist a major recreation service component
