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IDENTIFYING CRITICAL ISSUES IN RECREATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT: IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT‐RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP 1
Author(s) -
Schomaker John H.,
Lime David W.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1988.tb00910.x
Subject(s) - recreation , general partnership , process (computing) , business , process management , environmental planning , environmental resource management , management process , operations management , computer science , political science , environmental science , engineering , management system , finance , law , operating system
The “nominal group” process is a proven technique to systematically arrive at a consensus about critical information needs in recreation planning and management. Using this process, 41 managers who attended a 1983 conference on river management identified 114 specific information needs grouped under 11 general questions. Clearly, some concerns of administrators are researchable; many are not.