This manual reflects the highlights of an urban park study developed and tested over a 6-year period at the Churchill School, an elementary school for children with learning disabilities. This book makes possible an integrated study that develops understandings in natural science and the social studies along with reading, writing, and language…

As communities expand into rural areas, wildlife habitats dwindle, human interactions with wildlife increase, and the need for sound urban wildlife management becomes more critical. Only through improved cooperation and coordination between urban planners and wildlife managers can successful urban wildlife management occur. (Author/MH)

Recognizing the need for a nationally coordinated effort to reduce playground injuries, the National Program for Playground Safety was created in 1995. This booklet describes the national action plan for prevention of playground injuries. Designed for use by parents, teachers, recreation and park personnel, and caregivers involved in providing…

This article describes a number of privately operated theme parks, explains why the parks have been successful, and looks at career opportunities for leisure professionals in this expanding area. Implications for recreation education are pointed out, and names and addresses of major companies in the theme park business are provided. (PP)

This article describes a process of role-playing simulation (RPS) as it was used during an educational exercise in community dialogue in the Karkonosze Mountains region of southwest Poland. Over the past decade Karkonosze National Park, a regional tourist magnet, has provided an excellent example of environmental conflict emerging from the…

This study analyzes data to formulate researchable questions regarding the utilization of disadvantaged persons in entry-level and paraprofessional park and recreation job opportunities provided through U.S. Department of Labor programs. Data are comprised of the following components: (a) assessment of the state-of-the-art, (b) field…

Ways to establish neighborhood walkways--pedestrian areas close to residences and linked to conservation and recreation values--are suggested. Ideas include establishing an advisory team and planning groups, sponsoring community walks, installing route markers, and creating walking guides. (CB)

This article discusses how volunteers are serving their communities. (RC)

Forty young men between the ages of 13 and 17 worked on an innovative program that involved rebuilding a walking trail and preventing erosion of picnic area facilities at Euclid Creek Park in Cleveland, Ohio. (RC)

This is a speech delivered by Mead at the 1973 Congress for Recreation and Parks. The major theme of the speech is that to lose touch with the natural world is to lose touch with one's self and one's humanity. (Editors/JA)

This article is a summary of a research study aimed at systematically assessing the ways in which the recreation and park departments had been affected by the urban crisis and how they had responded to the challenge. (JA)

Lighting systems in parks and recreation areas can expand opportunities for nighttime use of recreation facilities. (Editors)

Los Angeles County has completed a formal frisbee golf course utilizing hilly, wooded areas in a park which are unsuited for other sports. (JD)