Recreation, resources, and right decisions

Elwood L. Shafer; George Moeller; Douglas A. Morrison; Russell Getty

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Recreation, resources, and right decisions

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Elwood L. Shafer, George Moeller, Douglas A. Morrison, Russell Getty

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-293. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 17p.

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Abstract

In the midst of national concern for preserving ecosystems, stimulating the economy, and providing outdoor recreation opportunities for the American public, the modern recreation-resource decision-maker faces a monumental task. The authors present a series of relevance trees that pinpoint, in terms of interacting social and physical site variables, the important priorities in today's urban, rural, and wildland resource-management decisions. The results of this research provide a fairly simple structure for recreation managers to assess the effect of present and future social and political conditions on recreation planning and development decisions.

Keywords

recreation, decisions, urban, rural, wildlands

Citation

Shafer, Elwood L.; Moeller, George; Morrison, Douglas A.; Getty, Russell. 1974. Recreation, resources, and right decisions. Res. Pap. NE-293. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 17p.