Author: William E. Hammitt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1998-09-14
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780471194613
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An authoritative guide to managing the ecological impacts of recreational activities on natural resources. The challenges facing today's recreation resource managers are both complex and daunting. Accommodating rapidly growing numbers of recreational visitors without sacrificing the ecological integrity of wildlands is a major challenge. Determining and planning for the limits of acceptable change and expanding services with little or no growth in natural resources or funding are major issues. Wildland Recreation, Second Edition provides solutions to these and other crucial recreational resource problems. Based upon its authors' extensive firsthand experience as well as their exhaustive review of the world literature on the subject, it provides up-to-date, detailed coverage of today's wildland recreation management issues, including: Ecological impacts of recreational activities on wildland resources Spatial and temporal patterns of recreational impacts Environmental durability, visitor use, and other key factors The limits of acceptable change, long-term monitoring, and impacts on wildlife Social and economic factors associated with managing impacts Alternative approaches to wildland recreation resource management Recent trends in satisfying increased demand for outdoor recreational opportunities International perspectives on recreational wildland management and ecotourism Like its best-selling predecessor, Wildland Recreation, Second Edition is a valuable working resource for wildland recreation management professionals and a comprehensive course text for students of forest and natural resources recreation, park management, environmental conservation, and related disciplines.
Author: Richard T. T. Forman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-02-07
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 1107199131
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.
Author: Howard William Lull
Publisher:
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The purpose of this report is to review available information on soil compaction as related to soil and water conservation on forest and range lands.
Author: United States. Office of Personnel Management
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13:
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