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Creator:: Bradford, Paul F.
Abstract:: In the past 3-5 years, two federal agencies, the Forest Service (FS) and the National Park Service (NPS), have initiated pilot programs in concessioner-operation of developed-site government recreation facilities, specifically family campgrounds and related facilities. These programs have been generally successful by agency measure, and consequently, both agencies have modified...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Creator:: Wong, Jenny Lai Ping
Abstract:: The fundamental aim of this study was to determine how Malaysians define both leisure and recreation. Two ethnic groups, Chinese and Malays, and rural and urban variants of these groups were included in the sample. The other objective was to determine if there were differences in the definitions due to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Leisure and Recreation in Malaysia. Signature redacted for privacy. Abstract approved: Perry L Brown

Creator:: Lee, Martha Eugenia
Abstract:: The concept of marketing, with its primary focus on meeting customer needs, is being adopted by federal agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service who are in the business of providing, among other things, recreation opportunities for their visiting public. Although not a new concept, the notion of applying marketing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Lee, Martha Eugenia
Abstract:: Recreation opportunity planning, including use of the recreation opportunity spectrum (ROS), was developed to aid land managers in inventorying, classifying, and managing outdoor recreation resources within an overall planning framework. This planning concept, which combines physical, managerial, and social setting characteristics into an array of recreation opportunities ranging from primitive...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Finley, Marlene T.
Abstract:: Managing near-urban forests is a challenge because people living nearby care about these places and often express their concerns. The near-urban forest situation alerts us that there is a need for an approach to land use planning and management which deals with the multiplicity of values expressed by the urban...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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