Trends in Outdoor Recreation, Leisure, and Tourism

This book focuses on the issues and trends in outdoor, nature-based recreation, leisure and tourism and explores the implications for public policy, planning, management, and marketing. 37 chapters are organized into six parts: Society, factors/forces shaping demand for and use of resources; resources, what exists and how did we reach this point; participation, how we are using resources; evaluation and valuation, determining how valuable the resources are and what is happening to them; development, how resources are organized for use; and management and operations, tools to get the job done.