Understanding Concepts of Place in Recreation Research and Management; Proceedings (2004)

Understanding Concepts of Place in Recreation Research and Management; Proceedings (2004)
Author: Linda E. Kruger
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1437928331

In 2004 a group of scientists met to clarify their understanding of place-related concepts, approaches to the study of people-place relations, and the application of that understanding in recreation mgmt. for the purpose of integrating perspectives from different disciplines, discussing approaches to understanding and measuring sense of place, and other questions around the study and application of place-related concepts. Topics that generated the most discussion included how social processes influence place meanings, how place meanings are shared and negotiated within social groups, and when and how place meanings and attachments reduce or avert conflict in natural resource planning and mgmt. This collection of papers is a result of that meeting.

Wilderness in the Circumpolar North

Wilderness in the Circumpolar North
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Total Pages: 156
Release: 2002
Genre: Arctic regions
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There are growing pressures on undeveloped (wild) places in the Circumpolar North. Among them are pressures for economic development, oil and gas exploration and extraction, development of geothermal energy resources, development of heavy industry close to energy sources, and lack of appreciation for "other" orientations toward wilderness resources by interested parties from broad geographical origins. An international seminar in Anchorage, Alaska, in May of 2001, was the first step in providing basic input to an analysis of the primary set of values associated with Circumpolar North wilderness and the constraints and contributors (factors of influence) that either limit or facilitate receipt of those values to various segments of society.