Author(s): Manning, Robert E.; Anderson, Laura; Budruk, Megha; Goonan, Kelly; Hallo, Jeffrey; Laven, Daniel; Lawson, Steven; McCown, Rebecca Stanfield; Minteer, Ben; Newman, Peter; Perry, Elizabeth; Pettengill, Reigner, Nathan; Valliere, William; van Riper, Carena; Xiao, Xiao | Abstract: An excerpt from the concluding chapter of 4th edition this standard textbook.

Nowadays, tourism related activities are widely regarded as key tools for rural development. Accordingly, it would be worthwhile to estimate the recreational value of Javaherdeh Village, in order to propose a better management plan for attracting more tourists to this place. This research employed a contingent valuation method to determine the recreational value and individual willingness to pa...

CONTEXT Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and it is one of the most preventable. Interventions for young children and their parents can help prevent future cases of skin cancer. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a skin cancer prevention program implemented at outdoor recreation sites improved children's sun-protection behaviors and site sun-protection policies. ...

Government and semi-government authorities in Australasia who own or control outdoor recreation facilities in natural environments are showing increasing interest in outdoor structures. Typical are national park authorities who have a range of facilities ranging from viewing platforms regularly subject to crowd loadings to rope crossings for streams on remote bushwalking tracks frequented by on...

This study examined social capital development in three all-terrain vehicles (ATV) clubs in Maine using an adapted version of Lin's (2001) social capital theory model. The structural components of social capital identified included collective assets and individual assets in the form of normative behavior and trust relationships. Also identified were counter-norms for individual ATV riders ident...