The Concept of Recreational Need
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10138697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Mercer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-50 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00222216.1973.11970110 |
| OpenAlex | W2791014177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 33 |
The term "need" is frequently encountered in the literature relating to recreation research and planning, and yet only rarely is it defined with any degree of precision. Bradshaw's taxonomy of social need is used as a framework for a review and discussion of some of the literature relating to the problem of defining needs in the leisure field. It is argued that "need" can be defined only in a pluralistic sense and that if the term is used it should be clear from which perspective the writer is defining it. Some of the operational problems involved in the identification of particular types of need are also noted.KEYWORDS: Social goalsrecreation planningproblem identificationrecreational behaviorsocial science methodology
Management science · Political science · Recreation · Sociology · Taxonomy (biology · Term (time · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Ecology · Engineering · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Leisure studies, leisure policy and social citizenship
Affective Responses to Natural Areas Near Cities
Income Expenditure Elasticities for Recreation
A Multi-Frame of Reference Approach to Leisure Motivation
Planning for leisure, sport, tourism and the arts
Book and literature review
Urban Development and the Leisure Dilemma
The Municipal Parks and Recreation Master Plan
Participation Motivations for Outdoor Recreation
Victoria's land conservation council and the alpine region
Unobtrusive Measures
Man and his urban environment
The social construction of reality
The Use of Experimentation in Policy Formulation and Evaluation
America's Needs and Resources
Problems of the poor in an auto owning environment
Retrospective and subsequent metropolitan residential mobility
Leisure and Recreation
Accessibility to the countryside as a factor in planning for leisure
Psychological Aspects of Urbanology
The Role of Space in Animal Sociology
Conservation
Rural-Urban Differences Reflected in Outdoor Recreation Participation
The Strain Towards Irrelevance
The Environmental Dispositions of Environmental Decision-Makers
The Environmental Movement
Social science and social policy
Notes on a Natural History of Fads
The Territorial Imperative
An Introduction to Social Anthropology
Evaluating Community Preferences
Toward a Technique for a More Exhaustive Evaluation of Urban Area Performance
Recreational Activity Patterns in a Small Negro Urban Community
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2011 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |