Vol. 15, No. 1, May 1977 - "Recreation Geography"
(pp. 1 - 4)
Jerrold D. McSwain; Resource Manager
Tioga-Hammond-Cowanesque Lakes Project
(pp. 4 - 8)
H. Glenn Hart
(Formerly Assistant Professor - Department of Geography and Regional Planning at Mansfield State College)
Director of "The Haft," an Alternative School
Abstract
Does re-creation mean that people are looking for something they didn't find the first time? Or does it mean that they have forgotten something of the past that keeps haunting them with an idea of oughtness? Yesterday recreation was fun - a game. Today it is work. And today's news seems to warn that tomorrow it will be war.
RECREATION GEOGRAPHY: A CONCEPT FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
(pp. 9 - 15)
William B. Wolf
Cherry Hill High School
Abstract
Geography as an independent discipline has encountered serious difficulty on all levels of education. Most educational institutions on the secondary level either totally dispel geography as a subject or incorporate it in a social studies program. Although some of our larger, more-progressive secondary schools offer geography as a separate entity, the presence of geography in a school curriculum does not necessarily denote a progressive school system or even a beneficial geography program.
HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION, OR ONE STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE WITH RECREATIONAL PLANNING
(pp. 15 - 19)
Allen G. Heist
B.A. Graduate of Department of Geography and Regional Planning
Mansfield State College
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
Abstract
This article describes a practical work experience that I had the fortunate opportunity to participate in while still an undergraduate student in geography and regional planning. I served as a paid consultant, not as a planning intern. It is an example that meaningful opportunities do exist for planning students to acquire valuable practical experience during their college careers.
MANAGING THE BUREAUSPHERE TO INCREASE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
(pp. 20 - 26)
William A. Yacovissi; Instructor
Mansfield State College
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
Abstract
Many citizens and organizations are interested in improving outdoor recreational opportunities and many are interested in improving environmental quality. In either case, it is important to tie into the governmental decision-making process to be effective in promoting these goals. What follows are some suggestions or activities that citizen groups can undertake in promoting open space and outdoor recreation. The suggestions are divided into two sections, the first deals with problems of access and the second with insuring land is used in an environmentally sound fashion.
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF RECREATION
(pp. 26 - 35)
Charles A. Stansfield, Jr.
Professor and Chairman in the Department of Geography/Anthropology
Glassboro State College
Glassboro, New Jersey
Abstract
A bibliographic survey of the field of recreation geography is either a very easy or very difficult assignment, depending on one's reaction to two facts. First, a bibliography confined exclusively to the readily accessible, published research of geographers would necessarily contain relatively few items. Secondly, recreation geography, defined to include related material within a broader perspective, is a truly interdisciplinary study with a large volume of published research. Geographers recognize that reliance on the Library of Congress Classification System's categorization, "Geography and Travel," restricts the discipline to a National Geographic level, essentially descriptive in nature. They quickly learn that all pertinent material is not neatly filed on a few contiguous library shelves but rather is scattered throughout the categories of all the social sciences, physical and biological sciences, regional topics and other interesting classification. We geographers learn to live with this bibliographic problem if not exactly cherish it. This may be all to the good, as it prepares us for the bibliographic maze concerning recreation geography. Geographers of a variety of specializations, both regional and systematic, have contributed to the relatively small, but expanding field of recreation geography. Additionally, relevant research is produced by scholars in such disparate disciplines as economics, sociology, forestry, physical education, business management, history, ecology and political science. Finally, the general fields of recreation, leisure studies and tourism, expanding as they are, have spanned several new interdisciplinary journals.