The Routledge international handbook of walking. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: International handbook of walking
• Further Information: Note: Edited by C. Michael Hall, Yael Ram and Noam Shoval.
• Editors: Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-; Ram, Yael; Shoval, Noam
• Contents: Introduction : walking : more than pedestrian / C. Michael Hall, Yael Ram & Noam Shoval -- Walking in the capitalist city : on the socio-economic origins of walkable urbanism / Anja Hälg Bieri -- Radical twenty-first century walkers and the romantic qualities of leisure walking / Phil Smith -- Long-distance walking in films : promises of healing and redemption on the trail / Warwick Frost & Jennifer Laing -- Walking as pedagogy / Karein K. Goertz -- Walking in Germany : between recreation and ideology / Dirk Reiser & Vanessa Jansen-Meinen -- Walking and art : perambulating pleasures / Ray Boland & Bryan Wheeler -- Dog walking as a leisure activity / Yoshitaka Iwasaki -- Walking in Switzerland : urban and not so leisurely / Derek P.T.H. Christie, Emmanuel Ravalet & Vincent Kaufmann -- Purposeful leisure mobilities : reframing the walk to school / Debbie Hopkins & Sandra Mandic -- Spiking : the quest for challenge and meaning among hikers / Ron McCarville & Chantel Pilon -- On the beaten track : how do narratives from organised hiking differ from "real" hiking narratives? / Outi Rantala & Seija Tuulentie -- Comparisons between hikers and non-hikers in Iceland : attitudes, behaviours and perceptions / Anna Dóra Saeþórsdóttir, C. Michael Hall & Þorkell Stefánsson -- Passeggiata nuova : social travel in the era of the smartphone / Andrew Mondschein -- Walking online : a netnography of China's emerging hiking communities / Alexandra Witte & Kevin Hannam -- Hiking trails and pilgrimage routes -- Hut-to-hut-hiking trails : a comparative analysis of popular hiking destinations / Sven Gross & Kim Werner -- Taking you home : the Masar Ibrahim al-Khalil in Palestine / Rami Isaac -- The Wales Coast Path : the world's first national coastal footpath / Stephen Miles -- Improving the experience quality of hiking trails : a setting-experience-relationship approach / Diana Müller, Heinz-Dieter Quack, Kathrin Schumacher, Franziska Thiele -- Hikers preferences and dmo strategies : contrasting perspectives and conflicting views? / Ingeborg M. Nordbø -- Re-signifying smuggling : cross-border walking trails as a tourist experience in the Spanish-Portuguese border / Heriberto Cairo & María Lois -- The solo-hike : a journey of distance and closeness / Hannelene Schilar -- Walking to care : pilgrimage as slow tourism development Kumano-kodo pilgrimage, Wakayama, Japan / Kumi Kato -- Hindu pilgrimage in India and walkability : theory and praxis / Subhajit Das & Manirul Islam Health, well-being and psychology -- Rambling on : exploring the complexity of walking as a meaningful activity / Kirsty Finnie, Tania Wiseman & Neil Ravenscroft -- Life-changing walks of mid-life adults / Robert Saunders, Betty Weiler & Jennifer Laing -- Walking to promote increased physical activity / Ian Patterson, Shane Pegg & Wan Rabiah Wan Omar -- Taking the first step : from physical inactivity towards a healthier lifestyle through leisure walking / Miia Grénman & Juulia Räikkönen -- Dog walking in urban greenspaces / Giovanna Bertella -- Walkable places for visitors : assessing and designing for walkability / Yael Ram & C. Michael Hall -- Walking on the shoulders of giants : historical mountain trails as management tools? / Daniel Svensson, Sverker Sörlin, Annika Dahlberg, Peter Fredman, & Sandra Wall-Reinius -- Wayfinding design for rural flânerie in France / Hélène Ducros -- Community benefits from walking tourism in western Norway / Merete Kvamme Fabritius -- When walking is no longer possible : investigating crowding and coping practices in urban tourism using commented walks / Monika Popp -- Assessing the walkability of urban public space with GIS technology : the hidden dimensions of security and community heritage / Peter Schofield, Adele Doran & Ray Nolan -- Developing a spatial pattern analysis method for evaluating trails in the mountains : the case of Beban Pass in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina / Marisol Vereda & María Laura Borla -- Improving the walkability of the Camino / Xosé Somoza-Medina & Rubén Camilo Lois González -- Walk on : conclusions and the future / C. Michael Hall & Yael Ram.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 796.51; Walking; Fitness walking; Hiking; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrian facilities design; Fitness walking; Hiking; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrian facilities design; Walking
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317271109; 1317271106
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.