Recreational Land Management

Recreational Land Management (2nd edition, 1993) by W. Seabrooke and C.W.N. Miles is a concise, practice-focused guide to planning, developing and operating recreation on land – especially in countryside and peri-urban settings.

Written for readers who may be coming from tourism, leisure studies, planning or public administration (rather than “traditional” land management), it builds a clear framework that follows the life cycle of a recreational venture: from the first definition of the recreation experience, through site choice and design, to day-to-day operations and performance review.

Across 10 compact chapters, the authors blend policy context with hands-on management tools. Early sections introduce recreational land use (definitions, evolution, and public provision) and map the institutional landscape behind recreation in the public sector. The core of the book tackles the legal environment (including land tenure, planning and environmental control, access and liability), then moves into market analysis and consumer behaviour to help managers think in demand-led terms.

A particularly useful strand is the emphasis on resource evaluation – location factors, site attraction, carrying capacity, and environmental impact assessment – followed by practical chapters on management planning (financial planning, pricing, promotion and enterprise selection) and on monitoring and control (quality criteria, maintenance policy, budgets and performance ratios). The final chapter on interpretation ties visitor experience to management objectives and review.

The authors’ credentials match the subject: Seabrooke is identified as Professor of Land Economy (University of Portsmouth) and Miles as Emeritus Professor of Land Management (University of Reading).

If you manage parks, trails, rural estates, visitor attractions or local-authority recreation provision, this 122-page second edition remains a very usable reference. This copy is in excellent condition with a protective plastic cover and a clear ex-library provenance (“Bradford College Library – withdrawn”).

• Encadernação: capa mole c/ sobrecapa plástica protetora
• Ano: 1993 (2.ª ed.)
• Páginas: 122
• Dimensões: 23,5 x 15,8 cm
• ISBN: 0-419-13500-6 (0-442-31687-9 USA)

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