Wildland Recreation - Ecology and Management

Klappentext The tremendous increase in demand for outdoor recreational facilities in the last thirty years has met with little or no growth in the resources available. Parks managers are faced with stagnant financial resources! stifling development restrictions! and an increasingly heavy flood of campers! skiers and snowboarders! rock climbers! and mountain cyclists. This book presents the crucial information professional recreational resources managers need to know to simultaneously protect the environment and make it accessible for recreational use. Inhaltsverzeichnis Wildland Recreation and Resource Impacts. IMPACTS TO RESOURCE COMPONENTS. Soil. Vegetation. Wildlife. Water. IMPACT PATTERNS AND TRENDS. Impact Patterns. Trends in Wildland Recreation Use and Impacts. FACTORS AFFECTING IMPACTS. Environmental Durability. Visitor Use. MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES. Strategies and Concepts of Management. Monitoring Recreational Impacts. Visitor Management. Site Management. International Impact Research and Management. CONCLUSION. A Lasting Impact. Index.

Product details

• Authors: David N. Cole, William E. Hammitt, William E. Cole Hammitt, HAMMITT WILLIAM E COLE DAVID N, Aldo Leopold
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.1998
• EAN: 9780471194613
• ISBN: 978-0-471-19461-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology