Recreation and parks : the profession
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Recreation and parks : the profession
Human Kinetics, c2005
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
Note
"a comprehensive resource for students and professionals" -- Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Supplemental textbook and reference for undergraduate recreation majors and for graduate students in preinternship courses and courses on introduction to recreation. Resource for recreation faculty and professionals.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Nature of the Profession
Marks of a Profession
A Multifaceted Field
Role of Professional Organizations
Starting in the Profession
Part II. Comparative Time Line
Categories
Events
Time Intervals and Dates
How to Use the Time Line
Time Line
Part III. Professional Organizations
Categories
Basic Information
Membership
Recreation
Outdoor Programming
Commercial Recreation and Tourism
Therapeutic Recreation, Disabilities, and Fitness
Certifying and Accrediting Agencies and Academies
Part IV. Selected Professional Resources
Foundations of Leisure and Recreation
Programming and Leadership
Therapeutic Recreation
Sport Management, Physical Activity, and Fitness
Commercial Recreation and Tourism
Evaluation and Research Methodology and Statistics
Management and Administration
Areas, Facilities, and Urban Park Planning
Natural Resource-Based Recreation Management and Policy
Outdoor and Environment-Related Programs
Classical
Selected Professional and Research Periodicals
References
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