Product Description: It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This book analyses leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, Outdoor Recreation Management : clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource management ceviews contemporary outdoor recreation management and concepts critically examines approaches to outdoor recreation planning and management in diverse recreational settings considers the future of outdoor recreation and the potential influences of economic, social, political and technological developments The wide ranging analysis considers such issues as provision for people with special needs, the impact of outdoor recreation on the environment and outdoor recreation in both urban and rural contexts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Distinguishing between sustainable development and sustainable tourism, the authors examine whether and in what, form, tourism can contribute to sustainable development and growth. Focusing on differenct types of tourism appropriate to particular situations, the team of leading contributors draw on examples from around the world - Canada, USA, Spain, Belgium, UK, Australia - to explore tourism's contribution to the economic, social , political and environmental advancement of developing countries, and the challenges to and importance of tourism in industrialised nations...read more