Le projet de «site d'aventures sportives» : Une utopie mobilisatrice

  • Pociello, Christian
Publication date
January 1998
Publisher
PERSEE Program
ISSN
0180-930X
Citation count (estimate)
2

Abstract

The Project of a Sporting Adventure Site A new realm of free and autonomous sports has been developing for the last twenty years on the margins of professional sports. The desire city-dwellers feel for adventure of the «back to nature» type plays an important role in this development. The concept of a «sporting adventure site», developed by a team of researchers focusing on social experimentation, turns urban facilities into places where one can prepare and train daily for various nature sports such as mountain climbing or paragliding. The financial viability or return on investments of this type of facility is not immediately apparent ; the resistance on the part of athletic clubs has hindered its experimental implementation.Un nouvel uni...

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