Idleness, leisure and free time - a prospective vision

Heriberto Lopez Romo and Mayra Herrera Roqueñí

Idle time is becoming more important in cities like Mexico. Because of that, we saw the chance to make an influence on its increasing significance by converging with the leisure industry in general, which could have not only a large market, but the opportunity of contributing to the wellbeing of human beings as well, especially the urban human.

Idleness, leisure and free time – a prospective vision

Heriberto Lopez Romo and Mayra Herrera RoqueñíInstituto de Investigaciones Sociales SC, Mexico

BACKGROUND

We live in one of the largest cities in the world, and as such, we have learned to live it, observe it, analyze it, take advantage of it and respect it as a great laboratory of trends, new meanings for life, the setting and how to relate and coexist with others.

As members of the World Future Society, we have learned future and prospective methodologies, which have led us to be not only followers and...

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