Estimating future recreational demand /

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Author / Creator:	Yao, Peter T.
Imprint:	New York : Nova Science Pub Inc c2009.
Description:	72 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Environmental research advances series Environmental research advances series.
Subject:	Recreation areas -- Public use. Recreation areas -- Mathematical models. Recreation areas -- Mathematical models. Recreation areas -- Public use.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7980576

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ISBN:	9781606924723 1606924729
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"The purpose of this book is to help practitioners assess recreation demand in their routine administration and planning processes and to help decision makers make better and more defensible decisions. The estimation of recreation demand is a decision based upon sound professional judgment and due consideration of many information sources and factors. The field of decision science has determined that humans need analytical structure and tools to best deal with complex decisions. Thus, this book is a question-based tool to help practitioners assemble and analyze important available information. Recreation demand is the estimated number of people who are projected to participate in a particular recreation opportunity at some predetermined future time and location. The target audiences for this book include recreation planners, resource managers, park superintendents, refuge managers, river and trail managers, landscape architects, facility and site designers, interpretive planners, economists, budget and policy analysts, community planners and recreation business operators. The issue of recreation demand is not a unique or occasional question facing one agency. Rather, it is an ongoing question challenging all local, State, Federal and private recreation providers. This book encourages an interagency and collaborative perspective to gather and analyze existing information."--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

Preamble
Purpose and Structure of the Demand Guide
Demand Guide Development Criteria
Links to Existing Processes
Practical and Useable by the Field Practitioner
Encourages Interagency Perspective
Integrates with any Public Planning Process
Integrates Legal Doctrine
Links to Measuring Recreation Supply
Builds an Administrative Record
Focuses on the Field Level
Key Concepts and Terms
Recreation Demand
Recreation Opportunity
Demand Assessment
Information Atmosphere
Planning and Market Area
Demand by Whom
Planning Process
The Standards for Estimating Recreation Demand
Key Principles for Estimating Recreation Demand
Guidance for Recreation Demand Decision-making
Step 1: Pre-Analysis Decisions
Step 2: Current Situation Analysis
Step 3: Hindsight Assessment
Step 4: Future Analysis
Step 5: Estimation Decisions
Adequacy of Best Available Information
Estimating Recreation Demand
Validating Reasonable Estimates
Scoping Stage
Planning Criteria Stage
Inventory Stage
Formulate a Reasonable Range of Alternatives
Evaluate Alternatives (Assess Consequences of Each Alternative)
Select Preferred Alternative
Implement and Monitor
Evaluate and Adapt
Link to Recreation Supply and Visitor Capacity
Primer on Recreation Supply and Visitor Capacity
Making the Linkage
Using the Linkage
Conclusion
References
Index

Estimating future recreational demand /

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