This revised edition of Adventure Education (1991) brings together the current ideas of many practitioners of adventure programming to reveal the extent of the literature in the field, providing insight into every aspect of this ongoing movement. Change for society and communities is the altruistic endpoint sought by adventure programs through adventurous activities such as outdoor pursuits, initiative activities, and ropes or challenge courses which are all discussed in this text.
Whether one is just starting out or a seasoned professional, Interpretation of Cultural and Natural Resources, Second Edition will provide a strong start or refresher for understanding the job of interpretation. This text provides comprehensive knowledge of the interpretive profession and is filled with practical information, useful applications and examples of how interpreters do their work.
Outdoor recreation can be extremely beneficial — more than most people recognize. This book introduces the fundamental concepts, skills, and essentials of the body of knowledge needed to become an effective outdoor recreation professional and provider in a practical way. It introduces what outdoor recreation is, how to provide opportunities for it, and how to manage it professionally.
Anyone responsible for delivering safe, high-quality outdoor pursuits experiences will find this book useful. The material is presented from a practical perspective, with an emphasis on managing activity risks, minimizing exposure to legal liability, and defining current professional outdoor leadership standards and practices.
Managing to Optimize the Beneficial Outcomes of Recreation focuses on explaining what Outcomes-Focused Management (OFM) is, why it should be applied more widely to the management of recreation and related amenity resources and programs that are managed by public agencies, as well as how such management can and should be done. This text provides detailed instructions on how to implement OFM and describes successful real-world applications of OFM in policy development and management by different park and recreation agencies.
The overall purpose of this book is to tell fully what we know about the range of values Americans hold toward the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) in a factual, wide-ranging, and science-based way. A multidisciplinary team of authors and researchers clarify the meaning of different types of Wilderness values and present replicable, science-based evidence of these values in this volume. This is "must reading" for those who have power over the future of the NWPS as well as all who seek to influence those who have this power. It is also appropriate for teachers, students, and other inquisitive people involved in formal or informal learning and research programs about Wilderness.
This provocative, timely text advocates an expanded ethic oriented towards ecosystem sustainability and focuses on the role of nature in sustaining the human spirit and presents a balanced, in-depth perspective on the difficult topic of hard-to-define values. The writers' perspectives encompass the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, and economic well-being of people and communities, emphasizing the sameness of humans and land, and it lays the groundwork for an understanding of, and a need for, an expanded land management ethic.
Outdoor Recreation for 21st Century America will provide recreation planners, public land managers, academicians, media, students, industry, and others interested in outdoor recreation with a resource describing trends and contemporary Americans' participation in outdoor recreation. This book is a professional information resource to be used in planning, decision making, marketing, and documentation. While this book was designed for a wide audience, it provides data broken out to suit many specific interests and needs as well.
Jubenville and Twight address a broad spectrum of issues from turf management to interpretive services, incorporating both current management theory and examples from numerous agencies with photographs and illustrations. A practical guide for both student and professional.
Award-winning park scientist, administrator, and lecturer, Will LaPage challenges us in Parks for Life to reconsider the role of our public parklands in the twenty-first century. Can our parks do far more than we have traditionally expected of them? Can they help build respect for life; expand our appreciation of our vital interconnections; contribute to peace and justice; improve the health of our bodies and communities; and assist in reducing problems of homelessness, crime, and poverty? The answer is a resounding yes — if we are willing to revise park management's paradigms.
Planning Parks for People has been extensively upgraded, revised and greatly expanded from its original 1987 edition. This second edition will continue to enlighten and inform the readers about what works and what doesn't in the design of today's parks. With more than 600 photographs and illustrations as well as a "how-to" approach, this text offers examples of the good and the bad in park design, as well as axioms, guidelines, and specific illustrations of what to do and what not to do.
Meeting the needs of customers through effective recreation programs is imperative for leisure service organizations to survive and prosper in the 21st century. The servant leadership approach — based on the premise that all recreation providers serve their customers through programs — simultaneously enhances the personal growth of individuals and improves the quality and caring of our many institutions through a combination of teamwork and community, personal involvement in decision making, and ethical and caring behavior. This book provides both cutting-edge concepts and practical knowledge for successful, professional programming in parks, recreation, and leisure services.
Programming for Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services: A Servant Leadership Approach (Third Edition) retains its user-friendly approach and servant leadership foundation. It includes updated material in all chapters, and additional material about social entrepreneurship and strategic planning. In addition, the theory chapter has been reorganized with theory to practice boxes throughout the book, programmer profiles have also been added to each chapter, to introduce students to recreation programmer in a variety of positions.
