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Indicators and Standards in Parks and Outdoor Recreation

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Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series ((SINS,volume 43))

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Management of parks and outdoor recreation is a specific form of the broad field of environmental management . Emerging concepts in environmental management include ecosystem management , sustainability, adaptive management, and indicators and standards. Management of parks and outdoor recreation was an early adopter of all of these concepts, particularly indicators and standards.

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    Robert E. Manning

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  1. School of Community, Resources & Development, Arizona State University, N. Central Ave. 411, Phoenix, 85004-0690, Arizona, USA

    Megha Budruk

  2. School of Community, Resources & Development, Arizona State University, N. Central Ave. 411, Phoenix, 85004-0690, Arizona, USA

    Rhonda Phillips

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Manning, R.E. (2011). Indicators and Standards in Parks and Outdoor Recreation. In: Budruk, M., Phillips, R. (eds) Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9861-0_2

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