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Particular Dimensions of the Social Impact of Leisure Running: Study of Poland

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  • Jakub Ryszard Stempień

    (Department of Rural and Urban Sociology, University of Lodz, 90-136 Lodz, Poland)

  • Magdalena Dąbkowska-Dworniak

    (Department of Economics and Finance, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, 25-369 Kielce, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Stańczyk

    (Department of Pediatrics, Immunology and Nephrology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland
    Department of Pediatrics, Nephrology and Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland)

  • Marcin Tkaczyk

    (Department of Pediatrics, Immunology and Nephrology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland
    Department of Pediatrics, Nephrology and Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland)

  • Bartłomiej Przybylski

    (Department of Social Structures and Social Change, University of Lodz, 90-136 Lodz, Poland)

Abstract

This study addresses the social impact of the popularity of recreational running (called: running boom). Four dimensions are classified: (1) economic, (2) health and psychological well-being, (3) environmental and (4) social (in narrow sense). The first three of these were included in the analysis performed. The analysis relates to Polish society in 2018 and is based on a thought experiment assuming that 3.4 million recreational runners engage in leisure activities as passive and indifferent to their surroundings as possible instead of running. What economic, health, and environmental consequences would this have? The interdisciplinary analysis uses and combines existing scientific findings. The economic effects of the running boom include at least PLN 1.7 billion spent annually on the purchase of running equipment (not including effects related to employee health, development of running tourism, etc.). The health effects include at least a 30% reduction in the risk of death in the next 15 years for the population of runners. Finally, the carbon footprint of Polish amateur runners can be estimated at 2.9 million tons of CO 2 .

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  • Jakub Ryszard Stempień & Magdalena Dąbkowska-Dworniak & Małgorzata Stańczyk & Marcin Tkaczyk & Bartłomiej Przybylski, 2022. "Particular Dimensions of the Social Impact of Leisure Running: Study of Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:18:p:11185-:d:908801
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