ERIC Number: ED268078
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1984-Feb
Pages: 141
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Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute Proceedings (29th, Kingston, Oklahoma, February 5-8, 1984).
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture.
After presenting introductory material about the Institute and its participants, this document offers brief summaries of workshops held at this conference. Workshop topics were: (1) solar energy; (2) nonverbal communication; (3) land acquisition; (4) employee orientation and counseling; (5) neighborhood parks; (6) Arbor Day; (7) trees in the urban landscape; (8) facilities for outdoor athletics and recreation; (9) irrigation and landscape management; (9) contracting services; (10) signs and signage; (11) "Nimbyocratic Society"; (12) employee orientation and training; (13) risk management and safety; (14) back country toilet unit installation; (15) urban rivers; (16) baseball fields; (17) reorganization; (18) camps for handicapped individuals; (19) volunteers; (20) downtown revitalization; (21) shore land management and erosion control; (22) practices for lakes or reservoirs; and (23) botanic garden maintenance. (JD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Land Use, Parks, Public Relations, Recreational Facilities, Turf Management
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture.
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