الوظيفة الترفيهية لمدينة ام درمان : دراسة تحليلية للنشاط الترفيهي في بلدية ام درمان

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study handled the topic of recreation activity as an internal function ofthe town or city .The study was applied on the old Omdurman town. f both the town and recreation in the life Despite the importance o ofthe individual and the development of societies, yet, recreation did not find its available share of attention in scientific research. This study,then,aimed at identifing the recreation activity, its concepts,patterns and the impact of the demographic and anthropological factors in forming its types and the methods of practicing it .The reasearch also aimed at reaching its results and setting some solutions and presenting some recommendations in this realm. _ The study, therefore , exposed the types of some prevailing recreation activities in the town ,their location , the assessment of their current situation and the extent of their contribution in the activation of this activity. The study adopted the historical-descriptive approach, besides the statistical approach to analyse the data which were obtained by field work. The methods of data collection included the questionaire, ' ' ' " ‘ ' ' ddition to the observation and the interview method for piimaiy data, in a secondry data, from secondary sources . The study contains six chapters . chapter one contain the research plan and methodology. . Chapter two cars for the projection of the concepts theories, and functions of towns and cities. It also handled the concepts of recreation,with reference to_its philosophical and historical origins. Chapter three deals with the natural and human features of the study area, with exposing the geomorphology of Omdurman town. Chapter four dealt with a statistical statement of thewpatterns and places ofthe recreational activities in old Omdurman . Chapter five was specified for the analysis of field data and explaining their indicators and inferences. ‘ Chapter six, lastly, contains the results of the research and recommendations. The searcher reached some finding and plenty of recommendations which may help to resolve the problems which face these activities and its future development . The findings of the study , showed that the recreation function in old Omdurman is greatly projected and apparent . It was helped and supported by unique location and the conditions and formation of urban, habitation,social and ecnomic formation of the town. This had greatly affected the recreational activities in the towns ,as the study had shown tt which are favored by the that there are certain recreational pa erns ' ' ' tl inhabitants of Oindurman town, town is r and which are specllic to them, yet, ie ich in various recreational facilities.