BACKGROUND: Adventure activities in nature favor the discussion of important social and environmental issues, becoming valuable experiences for anyone, including the elderly population.OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify the meanings that adventure practitioners, aged 60 and over, attribute to social and environmental issues.METHODS: This is a cross-sectional field study conducted with 18 men and six women who practice adventure activities in nature, aged 60 and over, in the Greater Florianópolis region. Semi-structured interview and simple observation were used for data collection. The data were organized in NVivo 11.0 and analyzed according to the categorical content analysis technique. RESULTS: The connection between the practitioner...
The focus of this study is on the concepts of nature, environment and tourism. It especially seeks t...
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The intervention here described resulted from a research / intervention work developed with the elde...
This study of a qualitative nature, aimed to investigate, in the vision of regular practitioners, th...
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This qualitative study aimed at comparing results regarding pro-environmental behavior of elderly pr...
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This article, within its limits, intends to explore the characteristics of groups which practice act...
Currently, an increasing valuation of the tourism in the nature, and of the practical one of the Phy...
This paper analyses the relationship between the man and the nature in the contemporary world and th...
It is possible to notice a narrow relation between adventure and nature sport, since the environment...
This paper aimed identified and analyzed some contemporary meanings of tourism for elderly people wh...
Social and environmental issues has been the subject of many discussions and reflections due to the ...
This paper presents the results of the analysis of 107 ecotourism trips to the Alto Ribeira State To...
The focus of this study is on the concepts of nature, environment and tourism. It especially seeks t...
Population ageing is a global demographic trend. In this context, encouraging walking through the pr...
The intervention here described resulted from a research / intervention work developed with the elde...
This study of a qualitative nature, aimed to investigate, in the vision of regular practitioners, th...
Este artigo analisa a trajetória de vida e os momentos cruciais de que influenciaram cinco profissio...
This paper refers to an investigation in the area of leisure studies and reflects about adventure an...
This qualitative study aimed at comparing results regarding pro-environmental behavior of elderly pr...
Las experiencias de ocio ambiental-ecológico compartidas entre abuelos 2 y nietos poseen el pot...
This article, within its limits, intends to explore the characteristics of groups which practice act...
Currently, an increasing valuation of the tourism in the nature, and of the practical one of the Phy...
This paper analyses the relationship between the man and the nature in the contemporary world and th...
It is possible to notice a narrow relation between adventure and nature sport, since the environment...
This paper aimed identified and analyzed some contemporary meanings of tourism for elderly people wh...
Social and environmental issues has been the subject of many discussions and reflections due to the ...
This paper presents the results of the analysis of 107 ecotourism trips to the Alto Ribeira State To...
The focus of this study is on the concepts of nature, environment and tourism. It especially seeks t...
Population ageing is a global demographic trend. In this context, encouraging walking through the pr...
The intervention here described resulted from a research / intervention work developed with the elde...