Consumer Confidence and Recreation Behavior: Willingness to Buy and Attitudes toward a Proposed Recreation User Fee Increase

N Pitas, S Zou - Society & Natural Resources, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recreation user fees are the focus of a large body of research. Existing work has examined
their acceptability while considering factors related to the user, the nature of the fee itself …

Perceived benefits of parks: The roles of information source exposure and park use

WG Croy, BD Moyle, CJ Moyle - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Parks provide many benefits to society: environmental, social and economic, and need
investment to continue to provide these benefits. An alternative to self-financing and …

Neoliberal conservation and equity in the context of local parks and recreation: Stakeholder perceptions on public-non-profit partnerships

NA Pitas, SL Powers, AJ Mowen - Journal of Leisure Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In the face of persistent funding shortfalls, local park and recreation agencies oftentimes
engage in neoliberal conservation strategies, including partnerships with nonprofit park …

[PDF][PDF] Public perceptions of local parks and recreation as an essential community service during the COVID-19 pandemic

SL Powers, NAD Pitas, AJ Mowen - Journal of Park and …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant economic challenges to state and local
governments, resulting in funding cuts for many government services, including parks and …

Landscape, Socioeconomic, and Meteorological Risk Factors for Canine Leptospirosis in Urban Sydney (2017–2023): A Spatial and Temporal Study

X Lu, C Griebsch, JM Norris, MP Ward - Veterinary Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that has re-emerged in the Sydney
area. We analysed clinical canine leptospirosis cases from 2017 to 2023, from two council …

Identifying multilevel predictors of behavioral outcomes like park use: A comparison of conditional and marginal modeling approaches

ME Wende, SM Hughey, AC McLain, S Hallum… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study compared marginal and conditional modeling approaches for identifying
individual, park and neighborhood park use predictors. Data were derived from the …

“Me” vs.“We”: value-oriented fee increase justification messaging in the context of resource-intensive public recreation facilities

S Zou, N Pitas - Leisure Sciences, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Tax-based appropriations for local public leisure services have become increasingly scarce.
To increase cost recovery and generate additional revenue, many park and recreation …

Direct Democracy and Funding for Public Park and Recreation Services: Consumer Confidence and Support for Greenspace Ballot Initiatives

N Pitas, S Zou, A Mowen - Leisure Sciences, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Maintaining or increasing tax-based allocations is a strategic imperative for many public
park and recreation agencies. Some agencies have the capacity to do so by sponsoring …

Social Justice through Service-Learning in Parks & Recreation Management Education.

A Demartini - Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher …, 2021 - ERIC
This practice-based approach argues service learning can teach social justice in parks &
recreation management education. The US parks system creation and history is rooted in …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the agency-foundation relationship: The role of nonprofit foundations in delivering local park and recreation services

NA Pitas, S Powers, AJ Mowen - Journal of Park and …, 2021 - js.sagamorepub.com
Inadequate funding is a common and longstanding concern for local public park and
recreation agencies. Traditionally, these services are funded predominantly through tax …