Outdoor recreation in American life: a national assessment of demand and supply trends.
| Authors: | H. Ken Cordell, Carter Betz, J. Michael Bowker, Donald B.K. English, Shela Mou, John C. Bergstrom, R. Jeff Teasley, Michael A. Tarrant, John Loomis |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Type: | Miscellaneous Publication |
| Station: | Southern Research Station |
| Source: | Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing. xii, 449 p. |
Abstract
Outdoor Recreation in American Life is the United States' only ongoing, comprehensive assessment of the trends, current situation, and likely future of outdoor recreation demand and supply. New and different aspects of national demand, resemblances to the past, and trends in the supply of outdoor recreation opportunities, both from the private and public sectors, are examined. In addition, short papers from academic topical specialists, as well as from public agencies, recreation user groups, and industry, are included.
Titles contained within Outdoor recreation in American life: a national assessment of demand and supply trends.
- Framework for the assessment
- Outdoor recreation resources
- Private lands and outdoor recreation in the United States
- Outdoor recreation participation trends
- Projections of outdoor recreation participation to 2050
- Wilderness uses, users, values, and management
- Motivations, attitudes, preferences, and satisfactions among outdoor recreationists
- Implications of this assessment