Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management, 2nd Edition
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Book Description
Wildland Recreation
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:
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.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Thoroughly examines the impact of recreational use of backcountry wilderness and large parklands and how their adverse consequences can be limited in places where recreation and preservation of natural conditions are equally important--and often conflicting--objectives. Provides a detailed examination of the environmental changes resulting from recreational use of wildlands and the factors determining the extent of these changes. Readers will gain an understanding of why certain areas are more heavily damaged than others and the techniques which might be used to mitigate the damage. The text then links ecological aspects of wildland recreation to developing effective wildland management programs. Numerous examples illustrate how to develop a program that will solve specific problems by controlling such factors as season of use, types of recreation, and modes of travel in wildland areas. Includes an extensive bibliography.
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Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management, 2nd Edition
Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management, 2nd Edition,William E. Hammitt,David N. Cole,Wiley,0471194611,Administration Of Recreation Services,Environmental aspects,General,Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology,Management,Natural Resources,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Parks & Campgrounds,Recreational Areas,Recreational use,Sports & Recreation,United States,Wilderness areas,Conservation of the environment,Management of land & natural resources,Pollution & threats to the environment,Travel / Parks & Campgrounds
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