Outdoor Recreation Policy: Pleasure and Preservation, Vol. 263 »

JOHN D. HUTCHESON, Jr., is Professor of Urban Studies and Public Administration at Georgia State University.

FRANCIS P. NOE is a Research Sociologist for the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service.

ROBERT E. SNOW is Administrator of Georgia's Statewide Comprehensive Planning database and has taught at Georgia State University, West Georgia College and Emory University.

This book includes chapters by some of the leading analysts in outdoor recreation research. Experts in the fields of natural resource management, geography, economics, political science, forestry, and leisure sociology address current issues in outdoor recreation policy. The underlying themes of all chapters are the preservation/use dilemma inherent in outdoor recreation policy and the management of natural resources. Extremely comprehensive and current, the volume focuses on the economic, social, attitudinal, and demographic considerations pertinent in today's outdoor recreation policy formulation. The first section of the book defines the dimensions of the preservation/use dilemma as well as key concepts in outdoor recreation research. The next two sections focus upon the measurement of the benefits of recreational resources and the financing of maintenance and management of natural resource areas. Another section includes chapters on the assessment of public preferences and the outdoor recreation demands/needs of various constituencies. The fifth section of the book includes chapters which focus upon federal agencies' approaches to the implementation of recreation resource policies. The final section includes chapters which describe management techniques that may be utilized in attempting to balance the demands of preservation and use. Accessible to a wide audience, the book makes valuable reading for policymakers, administrators, and scholars in the areas of recreation and natural resources.

Foreword by James Carroll

Preface and Overview by John Hutcheson, Frank Noe, and Rob Snow

Social and Physical Issues in Outdoor Recreation Policy

Resource Policy and Outdoor Recreation by Hobson Bryan and Nicholas Taylor

Wild Land Recreation and Resource Impacts: A Pleasure--Policy Dilemma by William E. Hammitt

Recreation Policy and the Ideology of Nature in California's Coastal Zone by Michael K. Heiman

Measuring Recreational Benefits

Benefit Analysis and Recreation Policy by V. Kerry Smith

The Economic Value of Wilderness: A Critical Assessment by Jerry W. Calvert and Patrick Jobes

Financing and Regulating Recreational Resources

Financing Outdoor Recreation in the United States by William R. Mangun and John B. Loomis

Rationing the Congested Recreational Facility: Market Versus Political Instruments by Robert H. Patrick and Stephen B. Lovejoy

Private Management of Public Recreation: Is It Cost-Effective? by Steven E. Daniels

Founding Principles and Contemporary Public Policy: The Case of the Office of Management and Budget and the Sport Fish Restoration Program by Lloyd G. Nigro and William D. Richardson

Public Demand and Preferences for Outdoor Recreation

Recreation Policy and Planning with Nationwide Recreation Survey Data by Joseph T. O'Leary, Francis A. McGuire, and F.D. Dottavio

Deriving National Outdoor Recreation Policy From a Limiting Demand Participation Model by Francis P. Noe, Robert E. Snow, and Gary Hampe

Developmental Pressures on Recreation Areas: Public Decision Making as a "Galvanizing" Effect Among Local Citizenry by Dennis L. Soden

Preservation or Use? Confronting Public Issues in Forest Planning andDecision Making by Dale J. Blahna and Susan Yonts-Shepard

Organizing Federal Outdoor Recreation Policies

The Changing Federal Role in the Provision of Outdoor Recreation Opportunities: A Perspective from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by William J. Hansen

Agency Values and Wilderness Management by Craig W. Allin

Forestry and Outdoor Recreation Policy: The Origins and Impacts of Professional Core Values by J. Douglas Wellman

Management Techniques for Outdoor Recreation

Goal Programming Applications for Outdoor Recreation Policy by James L. Regens and Jackie Sellers

Balancing Competing Interests to Achieve Policy Goals: A Conceptual Framework by Barbara A. Knuth

Coping With Cutbacks in Park and Recreation Administration: Priorities, Innovation, and Mobilizing Interest Groups by Zachary A. Smith

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Index