Managing Outdoor Recreation, 2nd Edition

Managing Outdoor Recreation, 2nd Edition
Author: Robert E Manning
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2017-03-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1786391023

This fully updated second edition presents a conceptual framework of outdoor recreation management in the form of a series of management matrices. It then illustrates this framework through new and updated case studies in the US national parks, and concludes with the principles of outdoor recreation management. Managing Outdoor Recreation, 2nd Edition is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students of parks, outdoor recreation and related subjects, as well as a helpful tool for practitioners.

Parks and Carrying Capacity

Parks and Carrying Capacity
Author: Robert E. Manning
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1597266159

Parks and Carrying Capacity is an important new work for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and researchers in outdoor recreation, park planning and management, and natural resource conservation and management, as well as for professional planners and managers involved with park and outdoor recreation related agencies and nongovernmental organizations.

Scuba Diving Tourism

Scuba Diving Tourism
Author: Ghazali Musa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2013-06-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136324933

This volume offers new insight into an important and largely under-examined area of marine leisure and tourism: scuba diving tourism. Knowledge of scuba diving has long been hidden among broad discussions of water-based sports and activities and this focused book aims to shed further understanding and knowledge on this popular international activity. The book examines the current issues central to research into and management of scuba diving Tourism from multidisciplinary perspectives such as health and safety, climate change, policy and regulation and the recreation/leisure context. It further reveals critical management issues of economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts related to scuba diving tourism which extends to the influence of climate change on the industry’s operations and future. This significant volume which conceptualizes the issues surrounding scuba diving tourism now and in the future is written by leading experts in this field and will be valuable reading for all those interested in marine leisure and tourism.