Simulation of Recreational Use for Park and Wilderness Management

Zusatztext 'On the whole! this book provides a very good explanation of the [Wilderness Use Simulation Model (WUSM)]. Its value is that it describes in detail the application of an advanced analytical technique! simulation modeling! to a significant problem in resources management! and this type of approach may be new to professionals in resources management. Perhaps [it] will also serve to indicate to such professionals that various analytical techniques could have potential applicability in the resolution of similar! or different! management problems.' Environment and Planning Informationen zum Autor Schechter, Mordechai; Lucas, Robert C. Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung "Simulation of Recreational Use for Park and Wilderness Management". Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 What Is Simulation?; Chapter 3 The Wilderness Use Simulation Model (WUSM); Chapter 4 The Desolation Wilderness; Chapter 5 Input Data; Chapter 6 Validating the Simulator; Chapter 7 Strategic and Tactical Considerations in Experimenting with the Simulator; Chapter 8 Formulating and Testing Use Management Policies; Chapter 9 An Application of the Simulator to a River Recreation Setting, David W. Lime, Dorothy H. Anderson, Stephen F. McCool; Chapter 10 The Potential of the Simulator as a Management, Research, and Educational Tool;

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• Authors: Robert C. Lucas, Robert C. (Forestry Sciences Laboratory Lucas, Lucas Robert C., Mordechai Shechter, Mordechai Schechter, Mordechai (University of Haifa Schechter, Schechter Mordechai, Mordechai Shechter, Mordechai/ Lucas Shechter
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9781617260384
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-038-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: RFF Forests, Lands, and Recreation Set; Rff Library Collection: Forest; RFF Forests, Lands, and Recreation Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; NATURE / Natural Resources, Environmental Management