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Types of Recreation and Categories

Attributes of Leisure. Pleasant experienceMeaningful activitiesImportant to human welfare (maybe?). Importance of leisure to a Society. Source of income for the producersSource of pleasure and meaningfulness for consumers.. Factors responsible for making leisure a leading role in a society. Produ

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Types of Recreation and Categories

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    1. Types of Recreation and Categories NR 230 – Forest Recreation K. Kellogg-Campbell

    2. Attributes of Leisure Pleasant experience Meaningful activities Important to human welfare (maybe?)

    3. Importance of leisure to a Society Source of income for the producers Source of pleasure and meaningfulness for consumers.

    4. Factors responsible for making leisure a leading role in a society Productivity: Increase in GNP Increased productivity Increased Income: Beyond what is needed to purchase essential goods and services Discretionary Income Increased Free Time: Time freed from Familial, civil and work obligations Change in societal values Drop in work time from 50+ hours/week to 30+ hours/week.

    5. Recent American Inventions Recreational Vehicles (RV) Campgrounds Recreational Facilities With flush toilets and hot showers

    6. Leisure spending Categories Recreation Supplies and Equipment Travel and Vacation Businesses Sport and Outdoor Recreation Cultural Activities Home Expenditures

    7. Types of Outdoor Recreation Resources Clausen and Knetsch (1966) study of demand for recreation goods and services Developed categories based on naturalness, size and relative location

    8. 1. Resource-based Areas Large Remote Natural areas Examples are like: typical national parks, national forests, federal wildlife refuges, etc.

    9. 2. Intermediate Areas Characteristics somewhere between Resource-based and User-oriented areas Examples: County and State Parks as well as Regional open-space systems.

    10. 3. User-oriented Areas Relatively close to where users live or work Small in size Physical characteristics not too demanding Examples: City Parks and playgrounds

    11. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC) 1962 – Recognized there is an inverse relationship between: location of public lands population centers.

    12. Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) Requires U.S. Forest Service to make reports every 5 years of renewable natural resources in U.S. Includes outdoor recreation and wilderness resources Classification can be in geographic regions

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