Financing and Acquiring Park and Recreation Resources - Softcover

Crompton, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880118067 ISBN 13: 9780880118064

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 1998

Synopsis

Crompton, John

About this title

From the Publisher:

Title of related interest also from Waveland Press: Dahl-Molnar, Anatomy of a Park: The Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577662808).

About the Author:

John L. Crompton, PhD, is a professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University and a former president of both the Academy of Park and Recreation Administration and the Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE).

Considered the leading authority in his field, Professor Crompton has authored more than 300 publications. He also has traveled extensively, keynoting the Annual National Park and Recreation Conferences in Great Britain, Canada, Japan, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. He's a recipient of the Outstanding Literary Award and the Outstanding Research Award from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), and he received the Distinguished Colleague Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award from the SPRE.

In 1979, Crompton and Dennis Howard co-authored Financing, Managing and Marketing Recreation and Park Resources, which became the definitive text used in the curricula of more than 100 colleges. Since its publication, Professor Crompton has continued his research, conducting workshops around the world and gathering practical information from across North America for this book.

Professor Crompton earned his doctorate in Recreation Resources Development at Texas A&M University in 1977. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of NRPA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0880118067
• ISBN 13: 9780880118064
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 552