Promoting persuasian in protected areas:

Source: CRC Sustainable Tourism
"The purpose of Promoting Persuasion in Protected Areas is to help protected area managers make better decisions and to achieve greater success in their use of communication to influence visitor behaviour. Many managers, and some tourism operators, see this as an important part of their job. While others can learn and apply the approach outlined in this manual, and while the methods can be adapted for influencing many different kinds of behaviours, this manual is written for protected area managers who want to influence the behaviour of people who visit their sites."

Saving our history: a review of national park cultural resource programs

Source: National Academy of Public Administration (U.S.)
"In this report, a National Academy Panel responds to a request from the National Park Service (NPS) to provide independent recommendations to improve stewardship of cultural resources in national parks, including historic structures, archeological sites, museum collections, cultural landscapes, and park histories. The Panel has identified ways that NPS can improve stewardship of these important national resources by strengthening performance-based management, ensuring park superintendent accountability, increasing flexibility in the use of funds, strengthening national leadership, and seeking additional funds and staff to reduce risks to cultural resources of national significance. "

The development of place attachment in parks

Source: CRC Sustainable Tourism
"This report provides a summary of the literature pertaining to the development of place attachment. In presenting an overview of the literature, the reports also
focuses on the use of the concept of place attachment in the development of a proposed urban park setting, a key requirement of the study. In so doing, the report
provides a list of recommendations for the use of the concept in the urban setting."