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Outdoor Recreation Patterns, Needs, Trends and Objectives

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THIS CHAPTER DRAWS together and compares the main characteristics of the various outdoor recreational facilities which have been separately described and analysed in earlier chapters, and sets out to identify the main needs and desirable objectives.

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  1. Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C.S., C.Eng., F.I.Mun.E. (Head of Department of Surveying)

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Seeley, I.H. (1973). Outdoor Recreation Patterns, Needs, Trends and Objectives. In: Outdoor Recreation and the Urban Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01815-4_9

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