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Explore the interplay between natural and human-made recreational resources, considering how they are modified, perceived, and managed. Discover the importance of minimal enhancement and preservation to sustain these resources for future generations.
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Natural Resources - Involvement of the physical environment (with the necessary sense of human use) • Recreational Resources - Modification of the resource for recreational purposes • Sense that recreation resources • can be created • can be destroyed • are perceived differently by different users
Clare Gunn • Tri-parted classification of resources • Natural Base Resources
May be a more ‘muted’ environment Costa Rica
Hoodoos outside of Banff Note: no direct access - fragile resource
Okanagan Valley - ease of observation Human habitation is part of the experience
Geysers in Yellowstone - note small rocks used as signs (unobtrusive)
The disadvantages of parking lots The disadvantages of not having parking lots
The intrusion but necessity of concrete in the jumble of the Hope Slide area
Natural Base Resources • Minimal change • Sufficient for
Human-made Base Resource • These are resources that have historical or cultural relevance
Petroglyph Provincial Park exposed accessible
Protection for more vulnerable and sacred petroglyphs (environment and people) No access for paying public access for religious rites
Synthetic or Artificial Resources • Resources without any distinctive or human created environment • Land is necessary for the facility and ancillary services
Disney’s Jungle Cruise right land, climate, market
False skylines False images
Tulip fields as attractions or the formal gardens of the Hague
Old industrial area on the back of canals in Georgetown Washington DC
Monuments Such as the Dam in central Amsterdam