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although Gilg (1996:239) argues that planning is
still ill-informed about the public's attitudes and
motivations for visiting the countryside. He urges
that more research be pursued in this area to
overcome the fact that provision for recreation
frequently meets the needs of the providers rather
than being what people really want.
During the last three decades, work by
geographers on the management of rural recreation
and tourism has grown from a trickle to form a
highly varied and substantial literature. The varied
nature of the research contribution has mirrored
the diverse nature of rural recreation itself.
Nevertheless, themes highlighted in this chapter,
notably relating to access, demand, marketing and
conflicts with conservation interests, are likely to
continue as significant elements in the research
agenda. The changing nature of rurality has added
to the scope for geographical research, and this
continually evolving character, together with the
potential new framework(s) offered by
considerations of sustainability, present a dynamic
prospect for future work.
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GUIDE TO FURTHER READING
There are a number of topics dealing with the
topic of rural recreation and associated
management issues, notably Curry (1994), Glyptis
(1991) and Groome (1993). These focus primarily
on the UK, as does Bromley (1994) in a handbook
for recreation managers. Sharpley (1993; 1994)
includes a wider range of examples, as do Sharpley
and Sharpley (1997) who focus on rural tourism.
Useful international collections of essays are
Glyptis (1993) and Bouquet and Winter (1987)
(on rural recreation), Butler
et al
. (1998) (on rural
tourism) and Pearce and Butler (1993) (on tourism
in general). A good introduction to rural planning
in the UK is provided by Gilg (1996), and see
Ilbery (1998) on general change in the
countryside. Issues relating to access to land for
recreation are considered by Harrison (1991) and
Watkins (1996), to sustainability by Hunter and
Green (1995) and Priestley
et al
. (1996), and to
environmental issues by Mieczkowski (1995).
