Design for Outdoor Recreation

ISBN-13: 9781138428676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Simon Bell

Opis

Takes a look at the aspects of design of facilities needed by visitors to outdoor recreation destinations. This book serves as a manual for planners, designers and managers of recreation taking them through the processes of design and enabling them to find balance between visitor needs and the capacity of the landscape.

Recenzje

'very successful...nicely presented and easy to read...will provide a useful reference and stimulus to design professions, country managers and planners' - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Spis treści

Recreation planning 2. Design Concepts for Outdoor Recreation 3. The Journey to the Destination 4. Providing Visitor Information 5. Parking the Car 6. Toilet Facilities 7. Picnicking 8. Children’s Play 9. Trails 10. Water-based Recreation 11. Wildlife viewing 12. Design for overnight visitors 13. Interpretation 14. Comprehensive Site Design

O autorze

Simon Bell is a forester and landscape architect, Senior Research Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, Associate Director of the OPENspace Research Centre and an associate professor at the Estonian University of life Sciences. He is former Chief Landscape Architect to the British Forestry Commission and has been involved in policy research, commissioning and training. He is also active in teaching, planning and designing landscape and recreational areas and has advised both the public and private sector internationally. Recent work concentrates on developing inclusive access to the outdoors. He was the chair of the EU-funded COST Action E33 on Forests for Recreation and Nature Tourism.