The Geography of Recreation and Leisure

by Richard Jackson and Isobel Cosgrove

Originally published in 1972, this book discusses changing attitudes to work and leisure and patterns of leisure activity, asking if recreation, as an economic activity, a distinctive spatial expression. It examines characteristics of spa towns and coastal resorts in the nineteenth century as well as provision of leisure amenities in urban and rural areas of contemporary Britain and the changing levels of demand for and supply of recreation in North...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138963283
• ISBN13: 9781138963283
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"