This book focuses on the issues and trends in outdoor, 'nature-based' recreation, leisure and tourism and explores the implications for public policy, planning, management and marketing. It is intended as supplementary reading for advanced students and is a useful reference tool.

This book provides recreation planners, public land managers, academicians, media, students, industry, and others interested in outdoor recreation with a resource describing trends in Americans' participation in outdoor recreation. This book is a professional information resource to be used in planning, decision making, marketing, and documentation. Includes descriptions of short-term and long-term trends from 1960 to 2001; participation in different groups of outdoor activities; participation and trends by type of outdoor resource or setting (e.g., forest, farm, marine); and comparisons across major metropolitan areas, across regions and states, and between enthusiasts and others.Subject Areas:Outdoor RecreationPublic Administration