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9780910251952

Planning Parks for People

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  • ISBN13:

    9780910251952

  • ISBN10:

    0910251959

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-05-01
  • Publisher: Venture Pub

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Summary

Planning Parks for People has been extensively upgraded, revised, and expanded from its original 1987 edition. This second edition continues to enlighten and inform readers about what works and what doesn't in the design of today's parks, and does so with courage and humor. With more than 600 photographs and illustrations, this book offers examples of the good and the bad in park design (including mistakes the authors made in the past), as well as axioms, guidelines, and specific illustrations of what to do and what not to do. Newly added sections include Native American parks, group day use, accessibility, visitor safety, maintenance, outdoor recreation research, carrying capacity, customer service, and even a section on Heroes and Villains.

The text has been written primarily in conversational English, rather than in a scholarly, scientific style. This book provides the reader with techniques for successfully designing parks and for changing poor design in existing parks.

Table of Contents

Chapter One Setting the Stage
1(12)
Planning
4(1)
Parks
5(2)
People
7(1)
Case History 1: Inattention to Human Needs
8(2)
Case History 2: Inattention to Technical Requirements
10(3)
Chapter Two Tools of the Trade
13(28)
Water
14(2)
Soils
16(1)
Vegetation
17(3)
Topography
20(1)
Programming
21(1)
Administration
22(4)
Maintenance
26(5)
User Protection
31(1)
Recreation Programming
32(1)
Engineering
32(2)
Design Psychology
34(2)
Other Design Psychology Considerations
36(1)
Landscaping
37(1)
User Involvement
38(1)
Applied Research
39(1)
Conclusions
39(2)
Chapter Three Trails: Pathways for People
41(28)
A Trail Truism: Most Folks Are Not Trail Designers
42(1)
The Blue-Gray Complex
43(5)
Basics and Standards
48(11)
Hiking Trails
59(1)
The Trail System
60(1)
Hike 'n Bike Trails
61(1)
Minibike Trails
62(1)
Interpretive Trails
63(1)
Trails for Persons With Disabilities
64(1)
Synthesis
65(1)
More on Programming
65(1)
Trail Design Exercise
66(3)
Chapter Four Day-Use Areas: Hosting Through Design
69(20)
Introduction
70(1)
Boat Ramps
71(4)
Beaches
75(2)
Visitor Centers
77(4)
Picnic Areas: For Families, Large and Small Groups
81(5)
Day Camping
86(2)
Your Chapter Four Problem
88(1)
Chapter Five Special Uses for Special Users
89(28)
Living-History Complexes
90(4)
Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Areas
94(7)
Wrangler's Camps
101(3)
Group Camps
104(4)
Military Recreation Complexes
108(4)
Native-American Recreation
112(3)
Special-Use Areas: An Exercise
115(2)
Chapter Six Getting Serious About Play Areas
117(22)
The Question of Purpose
119(1)
A Mistake
119(2)
Some Basic Considerations
121(6)
Types of Play Areas
127(4)
Skills Courses
131(1)
Bicycle Skills Course
132(4)
Fishing Skills Exercise
136(3)
Chapter Seven The Many Campgrounds We Really Have (or Could Have)
139(36)
Management
141(1)
Users
141(1)
Environment
142(1)
Types of Campgrounds
142(1)
The Backcountry Camp
143(2)
The Boatel
145(1)
Sporting Camps
146(1)
Family Campgrounds
147(1)
Family Campground Campsites
148(3)
The Universal Campsite
151(1)
Camp Unit Design
152(7)
Special Camp Unit Features
159(3)
The Curved Parking Spur
162(1)
Universal Campsite Construction
163(1)
Screening
164(1)
Water, Sewage and Electric Service
164(5)
Universal Campsite Furniture
169(3)
Campsites for Persons with Disabilities
172(1)
Chapter Seven Problem
172(3)
Chapter Eight Family Campground Design
175(40)
Campground Planning Thoughts
175(1)
Regional Planning
175(1)
Base Camp Concept
176(1)
Why Are They There?
177(1)
Beware of Existing Roads
177(2)
Design of Family Campgrounds
179(1)
Campground Design Dos and Don'ts
180(2)
Some Frequently Used Designs and What's Wrong
182(1)
Basic Loop Design
183(1)
Peanuts or Hot Dogs
184(1)
Some Peanut Ideas
185(11)
Family Campground Design
196(2)
Sanitation
198(1)
Flush Toilets and Toilets/Showers
198(2)
Sewage Dumping Stations
200(1)
Sewage Treatment
201(1)
Garbage Collection
202(1)
Recycling
202(1)
Campground Entrance Zones
203(1)
Campground Entrance Stations
204(1)
Campground Roads
205(2)
Maintenance Yards
207(1)
Trees and Shade
208(2)
Storm Clouds in Campground Land
210(2)
Chapter Eight Problem
212(3)
Chapter Nine Outdoor Recreation Programming or Yes, Virginia, Camping Can (and Should) Be Fun!
215(28)
Types of Campground Programs
223(5)
Program Support Facilities
228(5)
Putting the Pieces Together
233(5)
Problems and Challenges
238(2)
Conclusions
240(3)
Chapter Ten Miscellaneous Goodies
243(40)
Multiple-Use Management (As It Relates to Outdoor Recreation)
243(1)
Recreation
243(1)
Forage
244(1)
Wildlife
245(1)
Watershed
246(2)
Timber
248(1)
Signing
249(1)
Spelling
250(2)
Readability
252(1)
Sign Psychology
253(4)
Pitfalls in Planning Parks for Persons With Disabilities
257(8)
Park Safety
265(5)
Health and Safety Activities in Travis County, Texas
270(1)
The Rise and Flop of Outdoor Recreation Research
271(3)
Carrying Capacities and Other Wonderful Stuff
274(2)
Customer Service
276(2)
Some Thoughts on Park Maintenance
278(5)
Chapter Eleven Access to a Heritage: Roadblocks or Assurances?
283(16)
Today's Student, Tomorrow's Professional (That Is, If He or She Can Get a Job)
283(1)
"Professoring" and Outdoor Recreation
284(1)
Professional Issues: Telling It Like (We Think) It Is!
285(1)
The Political Scene
285(1)
Issue: The Special-Interest Syndrome
286(1)
Issue: Causes and the Aginners
287(1)
Issue: Wilderness
288(1)
Issue: Career Challenges--Is There a Safe, Clear, Obstacle-Free Pathway to the Top?
289(3)
Federal Salaries
292(1)
Predictions
293(1)
Planning Parks for People: 2nd Edition--Book Predictions
293(1)
Heroes, Heroines And Villains
294(2)
General Heroes
296(1)
Villains
296(1)
Conclusion
297(2)
Appendix A Figure 2.1 Mistakes 299(1)
Appendix B One Solution to Figure 3.56 Trails Exercise 300(1)
Appendix C Possible Solution to Figure 4.39 Problem 301(1)
Appendix D Answers to Figure 7.14 Unit Design Quiz 302(1)
Appendix E Sample Program Calendar 303

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