The Proximate Principle

The Proximate Principle
Author: John L. Crompton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2004
Genre: Bodies of water
ISBN: 9780975892626

Examines both positive and negative effects of parks and open spaces, including parkways, playgrounds, golf courses, greenway trails, large federal or state parks, and water features ranging from lakes to coastlines to wetlands, including the differences found in urban versus suburban contexts.

The Full Value of Parks

The Full Value of Parks
Author: David Harmon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780742527157

Parks are important economic vehicles, generating billions of dollars worldwide in tourism revenue. However, the reasons for that visitation are found in the non-material, non-economic values that parks offer to people: values that are cultural, therapeutic, scientific, spiritual, recreational, educational, and aesthetic/artistic. The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive analysis of these important, but intangible, values.