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The global popularity of outdoor recreation and ecotourism is on the increase. This book presents the issue of how to manage outdoor recreation in ways that protect the integrity of park resources and the quality of the visitor experience. It is also suitable for graduate students in outdoor recreation and park management practitioners.
Sommario
Part 1 - Managing Outdoor Recreation; 1. Parks and Outdoor Recreation; 2. Impacts of Outdoor Recreation; 3. Outdoor Recreation Management Practices; 4. Evaluating Outdoor Recreation Management Practices; 5. Applying Outdoor Recreation Management Practices; Part 2 - Case Studies in the National Parks; 6. Treading Lightly on Acadia; 7. Building a Better Campsite Along the Appalachian Trail; 8. How Many Visitors is Too Many at Arches?; 9. Protecting Biscayne's Underwater Treasures; 10. Turning Off the Lights at Chaco; 11. Busing Among the Grizzlies at Denali; 12. Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River; 13. The Sounds of Silence in Muir Woods; 14. Stewarding America's Antiquities at Mesa Verde; 15. What Goes Up Mt. Whitney Must Come Down; 16. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing; 17. Bear Etiquette in Katmai; 18. Don't Pick Up Aquatic Hitchhikers in Voyagers; 19. A Mountain with Handrails in Yosemite; 20. Doing the Zion Shuttle; 21. The Buzz from Above at Grand Canyon; 22. Managing Monuments and Memorials at the National Mall; 23. The Winter Wonderland of Yellowstone; 24. "Alternative Transportation" at Grand Teton; 25. "No Bad Trip in Glacier"; Part 3 - Conclusions; 26. Principles of Managing Outdoor Recreation.
