Browsing by Subject "recreation, park, and tourism sciences."

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    • Constructing a collective sense of place in Pitkin, Colorado: a case study 
      Stock, Erik Joseph (Texas A&M University, 1999)
      The interpretive research paradigm is used to investigate community constructions of place. "Sense of place'' and how it is shared across a community is of specific interest. Social networks are used as a metaphor for the ...
    • A forecasting model of tourist arrivals from major markets to Thailand 
      Hao, Ching (Texas A&M University, 1998)
      International tourism is a rapidly growing phenomenon hics. worldwide. However, the East Asia and Pacific Region is expected to be the focus of the worldwide tourism industry in the new millennium because tourist arrivals ...
    • Negotiating authenticity: a negotiated order study of Valley View Summer Camp 
      Free, Rebecca J (Texas A&M University, 1999)
      The negotiated order framework has frequently been raphics. used to examine the social order of organizations such as hospitals and police departments. It is proposed that negotiation is necessary in order for work to take ...
    • Predicting recreation priorities 
      Hunt, Kindal Alayne (Texas A&M University, 2003)
      Non-profit recreation departments are in the business of predicting and meeting constituents' recreation needs. However, scant research has been conducted that examines factors that determine these needs. Recreation need ...
    • Quality and satisfaction in an outdoor adventure education setting 
      Hunt, Carter Allan (Texas A&M University, 2003)
      With formal beginnings in the 1960s, outdoor adventure education programs numbered over 300 after just two decades (Burton, 1981). Today, it is estimated that over 700 organizations offer wilderness programs for personal ...