This chapter outlines the strategies and practices that can be used to manage outdoor recreation. Related concepts applied to the management of outdoor recreation are also discussed, namely, the classification of problem behaviours, theories of moral development, and communication theory.

This chapter organizes the information presented in previous chapters into a series of matrices that can be used to encourage and guide a systematic and creative programme of outdoor recreation and park management.

Increasingly large numbers of visitors to Yosemite National Park were choosing to hike to the summit of Half Dome, the scenic symbol of the park and one of the most distinctive and charismatic mountains in the world. The last portion of the hike ascends the steep and exposed east face of the...

The National Mall contains some of the world's most iconic monuments and memorials, serving as a national symbolic space, a backdrop for civic discourse, and an attraction to visitors from across the globe. Intensive levels of use have led to challenges probably never envisioned by early planners,...

This chapter extracts an emerging set of principles that can be used to guide management of outdoor recreation. These principles draw on both the scientific and professional literature reviewed in Part I of the book and are illustrated with examples from the case studies presented in Part II. These ...

This book addresses the issue of managing outdoor recreation to protect park resources and the quality of the visitor experience. The book is organized into three parts. Part I comprises five chapters that draw on the scientific and professional literature in parks and outdoor recreation to develop ...

This chapter reviews several conceptual frameworks that can be used to understand the challenges in managing outdoor recreation and to organize thinking about managing outdoor recreation. These include: the dual mission of parks; common property resources; carrying capacity; limits of acceptable...

This chapter assesses the efficacy of management practices in outdoor recreation by reviewing and summarizing the body of research on six basic categories of management practices: (1) information and education; (2) use rationing and allocation; (3) rules and regulations; (4) law enforcement; (5)...

This chapter organizes the information presented in the previous chapters into a series of matrices that can be used to guide a systematic and creative programme of outdoor recreation management. A management matrix is presented for each of the following four management strategies: (1) limiting...

Artificial lighting within and outside of Chaco Culture National Historical Park has reduced the ability of visitors to experience "natural darkness" and the celestial sky as seen by the Chacoan people thousands of years before (Impacts to natural darkness). "Light pollution" can also impact...