FOR251 Recreation Resource Management
Explore the concepts, theory, and issues behind how natural resources and cultural sites are conserved and managed for outdoor recreation, including planning and operations for long-term sustainability
Course Outcomes:
- Define recreation and discuss the trends, historical context, principles and philosophy that have shaped the field of recreational resource management;
- Relate ways in which social conflict and resource values affect recreation use demands, agency missions, environmental considerations, and political interests;
- List and describe the role of agencies and interest groups in the provision and management of recreation in outdoor settings;
- Describe and provide examples of positive and negative social, cultural and ecological impacts of recreation;
- Analyze and apply concepts, theories, and tools for recreation resource management (e.g. Recreation Opportunity Spectrum System, Limits of Acceptable Change, carrying capacity, Beneficial Outcomes Approach to Leisure, Benefits-Based Management and other current approaches);
- Relate knowledgeably the issues of, opportunities in, and challenges facing recreation;
- Analyze techniques for influencing and managing visitor behavior;
- Gather, comprehend, and communicate scientific and technical information in order to explore ideas, models, and solutions and generate further questions;
- Apply scientific and technical modes of inquiry, individually, and collaboratively, to critically evaluate existing or alternative explanations, solve problems, and make evidence-based decisions in an ethical manner; and
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of scientific studies and critically examine the influence of scientific and technical knowledge on human society and the environment.
Weekly Course Outline:
- Foundations and Historical Context of Recreation
- Trends and Recreation Legislation
- Land and Water Resources for Outdoor Recreation
- Recreation Resources and Providers
- Public Sector Providers of Recreation
- Private and Non-Profit Providers of Recreation
- Managing Recreation Opportunities
- Policy, Management and Admin. of Recreation
- Intro to the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS)
- Systems of Recreation Management
- Science-Based Management of Recreation Resources (ABM, EBM, BBM, VRM, ROS)
- Recreation Planning and Education
- Managing Recreation Opportunities
- Recreation Impacts, Conflicts and Issues
- Influencing and Managing Visitor Behavior
- Beneficial Outcomes Approach to Leisure (BOAL)
- Collaboration, Partnerships and Citizen Involvement
- Economics of Recreation
- Current Issues in Recreation