Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: This literature review demonstrates how outdoor recreation in urban, backcountry, and program settings can enhance human health. This study begins with a discussion about sedentary lifestyles and constraints hidden behind three nationwide surveys, which implies that outdoor recreation is a common life experience enjoyed by Americans. Benefits and opportunities are subsequently explored, including factors affecting increases in park use, as well as health promotion through interaction with nature and related outcomes of outdoor adventure programs.
Author: KoFan Lee
Institution: Indiana University
Language: English
Topic: Urban Green Space and Health
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1505031751