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LEISURE AREA [7 records]

Record 1 2024-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
CONT

... in recent decades, the concept of mixed land use(MLU) has been hailed by urban planners for diminishing the demand for car transport and improving the vitality of urban neighbourhoods. MLU entails the integration of various land uses in an area; such as a street or neighbourhood with housing, shops, offices and leisure activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
CONT

El uso mixto del suelo permite que la vivienda conviva con aquellos comercios y servicios que le son complementarios al uso residencial [...]

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Record 2 2014-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Commercial Establishments
  • Merchandising Techniques
DEF

An area in which items that have a natural affinity to each other are coordinated : a bath shop, a closet shop, a sleep shop, a leisure shop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
  • Établissements commerciaux
  • Techniques marchandes
CONT

[L'œuvre des décorateurs doit] s'harmoniser en couleurs avec l'ambiance générale et permettre de multiples compositions [...] Aujourd'hui les «coins boutiques» [...] ont pris le pas sur les expositions en devanture.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Water Sports (General)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Ireland's marine resource represents 90% of the national territory, the potential of which is primed for discovery and development.... The Government is committed to develop our marine resources for the benefit of our coastal and Island communities and to maximise its contribution to economic and social well being throughout the country.... Ireland's marine resource encompasses some 900, 000 sq. km. of seabed or 220 million acres-over ten times her land area.... The three marine economic sectors which present resources have allowed the Marine Institute to address in this Strategy-Food, Water-based Tourism and Leisure, and Technology-together contribute some £940m annually to the Irish economy and support employment of over 32, 000 people.

OBS

marine resource: term used by Parks Canada.

Key term(s)
  • marine resources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Sports nautiques (Généralités)
  • Océanographie
CONT

(Description d'un cours). Exploitation, altération et protection des océans. [...] Connaître les différentes ressources marines, renouvelables ou non renouvelables, les principes de gestion de ces ressources, les effets de l'activité humaine sur les océans et les principes et méthodes de protection de l'espace océanique. Multiples usages des océans. Ressources marines non vivantes (minérales et énergétiques). Ressources marines vivantes : pêche (espèces exploitées, moyens de capture, évaluation, gestion), aquiculture (principes généraux, types d'aquicultures, contraintes, exemples concrets).

CONT

[...] lorsque des groupes de pêcheurs ont une large tradition pour l'exploitation de certaines espèces marines, comme les mammifères marins, désormais protégées par divers groupes écologistes et associations de protection des animaux, les conflits sont [...] inévitables. Il y a aussi des conflits entre les pêcheurs, les entreprises pratiquant l'aquaculture et la mariculture, les groupes vivant du tourisme et des activités créatives et d'autres usagers entrant en compétition pour l'utilisation des ressources marines, comme les agriculteurs, les industriels et les pollueurs.

OBS

ressource marine : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Key term(s)
  • ressources marines
  • ressources de la mer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Pesca comercial
  • Deportes acuáticos y náuticos (Generalidades)
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Especie animal o vegetal que habite total o parcialmente en el mar.

Key term(s)
  • recursos marinos
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Record 4 2008-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
DEF

The application of the frames of reference, variables, and explanatory models of sociology to that complex of activities which is concerned with the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of scarce goods and services.

CONT

Topics such as technological change, division of labor, and even leisure can be considered as aspects of the sociology of economics. The study of economic development is an important sub-speciality in this area.

CONT

Economic sociology ... should have its own distinct profile as well as cooperate and coexist with economic theory, economic history, and economic anthropology.

OBS

The term "economic sociology" has also been used to denote a national choice perspective as applied to social behavior in general ... This usage is ... too broad since it encompasses practically all of sociology (minus the analysis of the economy proper).

OBS

economic sociology: A term for all social science analysis of the economy - economic theory plus economic history, ...

OBS

The terms "economic sociology" and "sociology of economics" are used by economic sociologists while social economics use instead the term "social economics."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
DEF

Étude des systèmes et des fluctuations économiques, de la production, du travail, de la consommation.

CONT

[...] la sociologie économique offre une approche alternative à l'économique, en prenant en compte quatre dimensions clés : les interactions sociales, les organisations, les institutions et les mouvements sociaux.

OBS

«Sociologie économique» est le terme utilisé par les sociologues économistes tandis que les économistes sociaux utilisent le terme «économie sociale».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología industrial y económica
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
DEF

Aplicación de los marcos de referencia, variables y modelos explicativos de la sociología al conjunto de actividades relacionadas con la producción, distribución, intercambio y consumo de bienes y servicios escasos.

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Record 5 2003-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Renewal
  • Urban Planning
CONT

Plan to revamp town over 10 years. Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour and also promoting the River Severn as a tourist attraction are among the key aims to transform Shrewsbury town centre over the next 10 years. Greater management of the town's evening economy and the development of a wide range of leisure activities are also high on the list of objectives set out by the borough council. The points are made in the final draft of a blueprint aimed at shaping the future of the town. The strategy, prepared by Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, aims to improve the economic, social, environmental and community well-being of the area and have a direct impact on everyone living in Shrewsbury and Atcham.

CONT

Flagship scheme could revamp town. ... For years, residents in the Alexander Ward have been complaining that the now nearly-deserted flats and maisonettes are a magnet for fly-tipping, solvent abusers and squatters. But a report submitted to the council is proposing a flagship scheme which could act as a catalyst for the town’s regeneration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rénovation urbaine
  • Aménagement urbain
CONT

[...] l'objet de l'urbaniste est de remodeler les villes suivant leurs aspects traditionnels et séculaires. Il s'agit de maintenir les vestiges subsistants des temps moyenâgeux [de détruire] le reste [...] et de reconstruire.

CONT

La gestion urbaine de proximité, les constructions et démolitions doivent également contribuer à améliorer la qualité de vie dans les grands ensembles : les crédits prévus à cet effet témoignent de votre ambition de remodeler les villes et les quartiers hérités d'un urbanisme aujourd'hui inadapté. Mais, dans ce domaine, le partenariat entre l'État, les collectivités, les acteurs locaux et les associations est essentiel.

CONT

Il faut remodeler les villes en favorisant les transports collectifs et les organisant au niveau de l'agglomération.

Key term(s)
  • remodeler les villes

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exhibitions (Arts and Culture)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expositions (Arts et Culture)

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
DEF

Espace consacré aux jeux et aux sports, aux loisirs, aux résidences secondaires, aux campings officiels ou sauvages.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
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