Outdoor Recreation for a Growing Nation

Outdoor Recreation for a Growing Nation
Author: Tennessee Valley Authority
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1961
Genre: Recreation areas
ISBN:

TVA reservoirs - built for navigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power - serve many other public purposes. They are a source of water for cities, farms, and industries. Their shorelines offer sites for homes and water-hungry industries. They also constitute vast new resources for outdoor recreation - a man-made recreation domain extending from the Appalachians to the Mississippi.

Outdoor Recreation in America

Outdoor Recreation in America
Author: Clayne R. Jensen
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780736042130

This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the development, regulation and management of outdoor recreation in America. The authors consider the challenges for outdoor recreation in the 21st century, such as its role within education, resources, planning and the environment.

Outdoor Recreation for 21st Century America

Outdoor Recreation for 21st Century America
Author: H. Ken Cordell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2004
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

This book provides recreation planners, public land managers, academicians, media, students, industry, and others interested in outdoor recreation with a resource describing trends in Americans' participation in outdoor recreation. This book is a professional information resource to be used in planning, decision making, marketing, and documentation. Includes descriptions of short-term and long-term trends from 1960 to 2001; participation in different groups of outdoor activities; participation and trends by type of outdoor resource or setting (e.g., forest, farm, marine); and comparisons across major metropolitan areas, across regions and states, and between enthusiasts and others.Subject Areas:Outdoor RecreationPublic Administration