Sustainable Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course focuses on policy and planning for recreation and tourism as part of a sustainable resource management strategy. The course examines the management of the supply side aspects of sustainable resource management from agriculture to forestry to understand how to plan and manage for recreation and tourism. A broad array of sustainable recreation and tourism policies and planning tools in different political, geographical and economic contexts is reviewed, including the relationship of recreation and tourism to integrated land use planning and design.