Quality of Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

“Quality of Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management”

The community’s value of life is receiving interest from the research work and practices. However, their appliance to the parks, recreation and tourism management is not evident. There is great application of the methods for the natural resource and the natural resource management in relation to the parks and the recreation areas. This also includes the urban parks and the recreational programs. Their effect on the value of life also needs to be assessed. The tourism area also calls for more attention. The necessary improvements in the area need to be assessed in order to gauge its long run survival in the industry. The book “Quality of Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management” by Megha Budruk and Rhonda Philips also includes editorials from researchers all over the world. These researchers perform innovative work in the park recreation and tourism management areas.

This book tackles the research needs and the application of the society’s life value in relation to recreation, parks and management. Gauging the efficiency of recreational programs and the management of resources is essential. This book covers topics like the indicators and its value in parks and outdoor recreation, leisure and connection to value of life fulfillment, improvement of tourism and value of life instrument and many more. It also specifies forms of thriving indicator systems including case studies available worldwide. This book offers great help to researchers and students interested in the relevance of society’s indicator systems to related matters in parks outdoor recreation and tourism. It also provides information on the current research carried out in different areas giving ways of improving future research methods.

The relevance of this book to today’s social, political economic and environmental climates is the human connection with the natural scenery. The humans explicitly place attachment and sense of place. They love the environment and its beauty. Their only desire is to appreciate its beauty by visiting the parks and the recreation centers. In addition, there are benefits that accrue to the economy when visitors visit the parks and the protected areas to find happiness. However, any political instability or a situation where the politicians put their interest first by personally gaining from the tourism sector causes it to fall. This is because there will be minimal international tourists due to the lack of peace. The visitors also prefer an environment that has a good climate. They prefer a climate that is favorable and one that will enable them enjoy the parks and reserves they visit.

Megha Budruk is an associate professor in the parks and the recreational management program. She is a professor at the school of community resource and development at Arizona State University in USA. She does research mainly on human-natural environment relationship Rhonda Philips is also a professor at the Arizona State University. She lectures at the school of community resource and development. She mainly researches on the society and economic development. She also does some research on the society indicator systems and value of life, society well being, sustainability, cultural arts and tourism improvement approach. Her research practice also focuses on the economic planning. Rhonda is also an editor of the Community Development. This is a journal of the community development society.