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Countryside recreation : a handbook for managers / Peter Bromley.

By: Bromley, Peter, executive director, Creswell Groundwork Trust.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : E. & F.N. Spon, 1994Description: xiv, 150 p. : ill., 1 plan ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0419182004.Subject(s): Outdoor recreation -- Great Britain -- ManagementDDC classification: 333.780941
Contents:
Introduction -- Recreation in the countryside -- Management planning -- Staffing -- Facilities and opportunities -- Interpretation -- Marketing -- The legal framework -- Other issues.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Countryside Recreation outlines the principles of recreation site development and management in the countryside. It explains the process of management, the legal framework and the opportunities and facilities available. This book will provide an excellent introduction to the skills and issues with which today's countryside recreation managers need to be familiar. It is designed to be used as a concise management handbook with checklists, management plans and appendices of useful information.

Bibliography: (pages 143-147) and index.

Introduction -- Recreation in the countryside -- Management planning -- Staffing -- Facilities and opportunities -- Interpretation -- Marketing -- The legal framework -- Other issues.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Countryside recreation sites
  • Managing the countryside
  • Recreation in the countryside
  • Introduction
  • An historic perspective
  • Countryside recreation in Britain
  • Countryside recreation: the providers
  • Site based provision
  • Management planning
  • Introduction
  • Management plans
  • Business plans
  • Further considerations
  • Staffing
  • Introduction
  • Staffing and the management plan
  • Principles of staffing
  • Types of staff
  • Areas of responsibility
  • Personnel management
  • Employment law
  • Summary
  • Facilities and opportunities
  • Introduction
  • Informal facilities
  • Play areas
  • Visitor centres
  • Shops or sales points
  • Specialist displays
  • Formal recreation
  • Putting it all together
  • Interpretation
  • Introduction
  • Interpretive planning
  • Interpretive techniques
  • Summary
  • Marketing
  • Introduction
  • The marketing mix
  • Marketing strategy
  • Marketing in action
  • Summary
  • The legal framework
  • Introduction: statute and case law
  • Statutory law
  • Common law
  • Health and safety
  • Summary
  • Other issues
  • Introduction
  • The role of the manager
  • External factors
  • Putting the pieces together
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Mr Peter Bromley