This text introduces the field of facility design, management, and maintenance for practicing or future recreation professions, and provides examples from settings in recreation, leisure,
parks, and tourism. It details the facility design and development process, from needs assessment through reading blueprints, funding, bidding, and construction, and examines resource
management issues such as budgeting, taxes, fees, and donations. Human resources issues, such as hiring, training, and evaluating employees, are discussed, and auxiliaries of recreation
facilities, such as playground and aquatic facilities, parking areas, and food service, and covered. Appendices list professional associations and academic programs, and detail accreditation
standards and study guide criteria. B&w photos, a few blueprints, and a glossary are included. Mull is retired from Indiana University. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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