While community quality-of-life indicators are gaining much needed attention in both scholarly work and practice, their application in the areas of parks, recreation and tourism management are not as well known. The applicability of indicator systems for natural resource and natural resource area management within the parks and recreation arena is very high, including urban parks and recreation programs and their influence on quality of life. Tourism is also an area that needs much more work in terms of assessing impacts as well as developing indicators for gauging progress in the long term. All three areas are an integrated discipline and most programs throughout the developed world are housed co-jointly. There are several researchers across the globe who are conducting innovative work in these areas. The editors feel that a volume on the topic will spur additional interests as well as serve to lead the research efforts.

"This report provides guidance to Federal land managers on how to promote bicycling. Bicycling facilities are important transportation and recreation links to connect gateway communities, visitor centers, campgrounds, trailheads, and other attractions on Federal lands. This report presents benefits of bicycling, successful bicycling programs, policies that support bicycling, issus and challenges faced by land managers, and useful resources available to help meet these challenges"--Technical report documentation page.

This guide leads heritage tourists along the 330-mile Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail from southwest Virginia into East Tennessee over the Appalachian Mountains into the Piedmont of North Carolina and then on to Kings Mountain National Military Park in South Carolina. The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail was the first national historic trail established in the eastern U.S.