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The Attractiveness and Use of Aquatic Environments as Outdoor Recreation Places

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Public Places and Spaces

Part of the book series: Human Behavior and Environment ((HUBE,volume 10))

Abstract

Water is a dominant feature in many environments. The United States, a nation of some 2.3 billion acres, has approximately 110 million acres of water surface, 3.6 million linear miles of rivers and streams, approximately 100,000 miles of coastal and Great Lakes shoreline, over 100,000 natural lakes, 2.5 million farm ponds, and a land area submerged under man-made reservoirs that exceeds the size of New Hampshire and Vermont combined. Roughly one-third of the U.S. population lives within five miles of a public lake, river, stream, or coastal shoreline (Lime, 1983).

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Pitt, D.G. (1989). The Attractiveness and Use of Aquatic Environments as Outdoor Recreation Places. In: Altman, I., Zube, E.H. (eds) Public Places and Spaces. Human Behavior and Environment, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5601-1_10

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