INCREASING TREND TOWARDS PASSIVE RECREATION IN THE METROPOLITAN

Man is the basic entity of this universe, from the origin till now struggling for betterment in life with well organized mechanism pursing all the deeds for comfort and easiness. Man has made a lot of progress and advancement for pursuing daily routine work with the advancement of science and technology. Along with these advancements a number of subjects have evolved for serving human beings, which specifically work for the comfort of their social living and to aid physically and mentally, within an environment; like sociology, psychology environment and above all town planning. This study is conducted to highlight the changing trends of recreation from active to passive. The priorities of people engaging in different types of recreation have changed. People today prefer to go shopping, picnicking, watching movies and indoor sports instead of engaging in physical activities and sports like cricket, football, basketball, badminton, volleyball. The fact for this shift in trends are technological advancements in the field of communication, poor planning concepts, security threats and changed concepts of parenting focused on bounding children at home. Such shifts are physically deteriorating our younger generation leading them to slackness and laziness. Thus, planning objective of healthy society cannot be achieved and at present there is a need to conduct research on this issue and highlight the factors that are responsible for this change. This research visualizes the crucial aspects and puts forward policy recommendation for planners by using quantitative research approach based on qualitative survey. Keywords: Active recreation, passive recreation, technological advancement