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L&R METHODS FOR ALLOCATING PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AND TOURISM TSM INVESTMENTS: A REVIEW. By David Fischer and Frank Millerd, The Tourist Review (Case Postale 2597, CH-3001 Berne, Switzerland), Number 1, 1976, pp. 10-15. An evaluation of the recreation benefits associated with the use of public parks. The article is subdivided to discuss: Primary Benefit Methods; Direct Methods; Major Problems with Primary Benefit Methods: and Towards the Future. Bibliography. L&R MONITORING RECREATION BEHAVIOR. By J.J. Pigram and J.B. Dunn. Journal of Travel Research(Business Research Division, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA), Fall 1976, pp. 14-18. This article points out to the unsloved conflicts in resource use and the need for renewed approaches to research aimed at securing quantitative information on recreation behavior patterns. It discusses the Recreation Travel Research; A New Approach to the Recreation Package; Research Procedure; Perception and Recreation Behavior;and Influences on Perceived and Actual Recreation Behavior. Bibliography. TSM 1976-77 TRAVEL BLUE BOOK & ASTA CONVENTION ISSUE. (2 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036, USA), 1977, 233 pp. MSC PEOPLE SPACE: The Making and Breaking of Human Boundries. By Norman Ashcraft and Albert E. Scheften. Doubleday & Company, Inc. (245 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017,USA), 1976, 185 pp. Paperback $2.50. This book is about how people use space in various contexts, how this use is repeated and replicated at various points in interaction, whether in an open public space or in the confines of one's home, and how this use is repeated and replicated from the level of typical conversational settings to the layouts of rooms, houses, neighborhoods, and cities. References. MSC RECYCLING CITIES FOR PEOPLE: THE URBAN DESIGN PROCESS. By Laurence Stephen Cutler and Sherrie Stephens Cutler. Cahners Books (211 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Massachusettes 02116, USA), 1976, 248pp. Hardcover $25.00. A guide for revitalizing cities for more humane uses. It contains practical and tested methods for solving urban problems through design. Addressing both the professional and the concerned layman, the authors present prototypical examples of solutions for small, medium, and large cities. Major areas of discussion include the design of cities, the need to recycle, processes and ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, Mar/Apr '77
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