Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in the National Parks

By Peter Pettengill, Robert E. Manning, Laura E. Anderson

Book Overview

This fully updated second edition presents a conceptual framework of outdoor recreation management in the form of a series of management matrices. It then illustrates this framework through new and updated case studies in US national parks and concludes with the principles of outdoor recreation management.

Written by a team of authors with extensive academic and practical experience in the field of outdoor recreation, the book:

- Develops and presents a matrix-based framework of strategies and practices for managing outdoor recreation in a sustainable way.
- Illustrates applications of the best management practices through a series of case studies in diverse national parks.
- Includes lecture slides and online matrices to aid the teaching of outdoor recreation management to a new generation.

Managing Outdoor Recreation, Second Edition, is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students of parks, outdoor recreation, and related subjects as well as a helpful tool for practitioners.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786391015
• ISBN13: 9781786391018
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Cab International
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.6"