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The words leisure and recreation may seem easy to define but each has different meanings to different people. Leisure is thought by many to mean that time when one has no obligations or is not at work and is free to enjoy many activities. Recreation can also mean the same thing – games, hobbies, or recreational sports.
Leisure time may consist of updating information and skills in an educational context (reading, taking educational courses, learning a new skill or spending time on hobbies such as knitting, sewing, model trains, stamp collecting, or making decorative objects).
For this Webliography a number of specific activities, for example, alpine/mountaineering clubs, hiking/walking societies, whitewater/rafting associations, surfing/soaring associations, hobbies and crafts, were not included. The focus is on national, regional or international inclusive recreation and leisure organizations.
Directories and Meta Search Engines
To find specific recreations go to Google Directory using the following example:
Google Directory>Recreation and Sports>Regional> Africa> Recreation and Sports
http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/Africa/Recreation_and_Sports/ or http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/Europe/Recreation_and_Sports/ LIN Lifestyles Information Network
http://www.lin.ca/ Collects and disseminates information and publications on health, parks, recreation, sport and culture, especially the “gray literature”. Intute: Social Sciences
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/ Search this directory for leisure studies or recreation to find websites that Intute recommends Therapeutic Recreation Directory http://www.recreationtherapy.com/ International Organizations:
International Federation of Parks and Recreation Administration (IFPRA)
http://www.ifpra.org/ World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA)
http://www.worldleisure.org/ This is a major international association for leisure and recreation. Note that their section on partners is not complete as yet. A commercial website, international in scope, that
has sections on outdoors in many countries, city guides, active vacations,
sells gear for hiking and winter activities is Outside magazine that is
connected to Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com/
)and Away.com. See also
ActiveEurope http://www.activeeurope.com/home/index.cfm?STS=AE Africa
The best listing of sport and recreation organizations in Africa can be found on the website of
Institute of Environmental and Recreation Management (Ferndale, South Africa) http://www.ierm.org.za Asia
Hong Kong. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Dept. Country and Marine Parks
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou.html National Recreation Association of Japan
Suidobashi, Nishiguchi Kaikan 20-7 Misaki-cho 2 chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101 Japan Tel: (03)3265-1369 Tokyo Outdoor Japan
http://www.outdoorjapan.com/ Taiwan Recreation Portal http://202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/search/index2.jsp?layer1=2 Outdoor Recreation Association of Taiwan Europe
For many European countries, sport, recreation and leisure for the general population is included in governmental sport confederations or councils. For an explanation on how this is organized in 15 countries of the European Commission see:
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/information/structures/sport-structures-ms_en.html Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)
http://www.atlas-euro.org/ Countryside Recreation Network (UK)
http://www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk/ Deutscher Olympischer SportBund (Leistungssport, Breitensport sections)
http://www.dosb.de/ Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL)
http://www.ispal.org.uk/index.cfm Leisure Studies Association UK
http://www.leisure-studies-association.info/LSAWEB/Index.html Spanish Association of Parks and Public Gardens / Asociacion Espanola de Parques y Jardines Publicos
http://www.aepjp.com/ Sports & Leisure Association of the International Labour Organization http://www.ilo.org/dyn/snl/website.home?p_lang=en North America
Academy of Leisure Sciences
http://www.academyofleisuresciences.org/index.html Adventure Travel Society
http://www.adventuretravelsociety.com/ (Website under construction early 2007) American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA)
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/AAPRA/ American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR)
One of the six associations within AAHPERD. AAPAR was formed in 2005 as a result of a merger between the American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness (AAALF) and the American Association for Leisure and Recreation (AALR,) http://www.aahperd.org/aapar/ American Recreation Coalition
http://www.funoutdoors.com/arc American Therapeutic Recreation Association
http://www.atra-tr.org/ Association of American Geographers. Recreation, Tourism and Sports Specialty Group
http://www.geog.nau.edu/rts/ Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)/ Association canadienne d'etudes en loisir
http://www.eas.ualberta.ca/elj/cals/home.htm Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
http://www.cflri.ca/eng/index.php Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) / l'Association canadienne des parcs et loisirs
http://www.cpra.ca/ See World Playground directory website for links to all the provincial parks and recreation associations http://www.world-playground.com/ParkRecreation.htm#canada Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
http://www.cpaws.org/ Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association (CTRA)
http://www.canadian-tr.org/ National Association of Recreation Resource Planners (NARRP)
http://www.narrp.org/ National Association of State Park Directors
http://www.naspd.org/ National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification
http://www.nctrc.org/ National Forest Recreation Association
http://nfra.org/default.aspx National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA)
http://www.nrpa.org/ See World Playground directory website for all US state parks and recreation associations http://www.world-playground.com/ParkRecreation.htm#usa Society of Park and Recreation Educators http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=531 Oceania
Australia Amusement, Leisure and Recreation Association
http://www.aalara.com.au/aalara.htm Australian Council for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Inc. (ACHPER)
http://www.achper.org.au/ Australia. Culture and Recreation Portal, Sport and Recreation Associations
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/website/category/ZXSA03 ~Sport+and+Recreation;+Associations,+Leagues+and+Councils Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS)
http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/anzals/ New Zealand Recreation Association
http://www.nzrecreation.org.nz/ Parks and Leisure Australia
http://www.parks-leisure.com.au/ SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand) http://www.sparc.org.nz/ List of Recognized National Recreation Organizations http://www.sparc.org.nz/partners-and-programmes/national-recreation-organisations/ recognised-national-recrea Contact
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