Systemic racism in parks has created significant environmental injustices for people of color.
Park leaders including agency directors and policymakers are well positioned to advance …

Advancing engagement and representation of racially and ethnically diverse communities in
parks is an increasing priority for addressing environmental injustices. However, to date, few …

Neoliberalism has been a vibrant terrain for critical analysis and scholarship in leisure
studies and elsewhere, but the term is inconsistently applied, perhaps poorly understood …

While state park visitation has increased significantly in recent decades, tax-based funding
has been inconsistent. As such, neoliberal conservation practices including various forms of …

In this study, we pilot a novel use of location quotient and proportional comparison
methodology paired with mobile device location data. Specifically, we sought to understand …

Local parks and protected areas (PPAs) offer important settings for nature exposure
proximate to home that may encourage local environmental citizenship (LEC); however …

Active outdoor recreation (AOR) can provide valuable benefits, but racial inequities can
constrain participation for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Despite their …

Local parks are widely used to mitigate urban heat islands. However, the increase of dry
weather periods in subtropical climates has caused natural grass failure, leading some city …

This theme issue on outdoor recreation and parks contains nine papers. The first two
concern the timely topic of outdoor recreation and COVID-19. The next three focus on …

Local park and recreation agencies supply a variety of community-based services, often at
little or no direct cost to users. To supplement tax-based allocations, many agencies rely on …