| Description |
xii, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Wildland Recreation and Resource Impacts -- Pt. II. Impacts to Resource Components. 2. Soil. 3. Vegetation. 4. Wildlife. 5. Water -- Pt. III. Impact Patterns and Trends. 6. Impact Patterns. 7. Trends in Wildland Recreation Use and Impacts -- Pt. IV. Factors Affecting Impacts. 8. Environmental Durability. 9. Visitor Use -- Pt. V. Management Alternatives. 10. Strategies and Concepts of Management. 11. Monitoring Recreational Impacts. 12. Visitor Management. 13. Site Management. 14. International Impact Research and Management -- Pt. VI. Conclusion. 15. A Lasting Impact |
| Summary |
Wildland Recreation, Second Edition provides solutions to 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. 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 |
| Analysis |
Ecology |
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Environment |
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Recreation |
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Wilderness |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Wilderness areas -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Wilderness areas -- Recreational use -- United States -- Management.
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Environmental impact |
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Monitoring |
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Outdoor recreation |
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Recreation |
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Resource management |
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Socioeconomics |
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Wilderness |
| Author |
Cole, David N.
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| LC no. |
98014868 |
| ISBN |
0471194611 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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