Community Leisure and Recreation Planning

by Ken Marriott, John Tower, Katie McDonald

Overview

Community Leisure and Recreation Planning offers an up-to-date, evidence-based approach to planning community leisure and recreation facilities, programs and services. It introduces readers to key theory and best practice in the planning of effective leisure and recreation projects.

The book defines planning, leisure, recreation and other key concepts and explains why a thorough planning process is essential to achieving effective outcomes. It presents a comprehensive, integrative four phase model for undertaking leisure and recreation planning, including: pre-planning, planning research, preparing a plan, and implementing, monitoring and evaluating the outputs and outcomes of a plan. It provides a conceptual rationale for each component of the planning process, a detailed explanation of the tools and techniques that can be used, and extensive examples and international case study materials to demonstrate their use. The principles and techniques explained in the book are applicable at a range of community levels from small individual sites to regions, states and even countries.

This is an essential course text for all leisure and recreation courses, and invaluable reading for academics, practitioners, stakeholders and students working in leisure and recreation planning, events, culture and sport.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367342944
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/02/2020
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ken Marriott operated a private leisure and recreation planning company from 1984 until 2016, and has authored or co-authored planning manuals and texts for all Australian state governments and the New Zealand government.

John Tower is Honorary Research Fellow at Victoria University, Institute of Health and Sport, Australia and Manager of Research for a leisure consulting company.

Katie McDonald is a doctoral student in the Institute of Health and Sport at Victoria University, Australia.

Table of Contents

List of figures ix

List of tables x

Preface xii

Acknowledgements xvii

1 Introduction: planning community leisure and recreation programs, facilities and services 1

Introduction 1

Why plan for leisure and recreation? 2

Defining key concepts 3

Theoretical implications of leisure and recreation planning 10

Leisure and recreation benefits 13

The scale of leisure and recreation plans 15

Leisure and recreation planner skill requirements 17

Summary 19

2 The leisure and recreation planning model 24

Introduction 24

Pre-planning 27

Leisure and recreation planning research 29

Preparing a plan 31

Implement, monitor and evaluate a plan 32

Summary 36

3 Pre-planning 39

Introduction 39

Engagement initiatives 39

Governance 45

Financial considerations 54

Plan the planning 56

Summary 61

4 Socio-economic change and demographics 63

Introduction 63

Socio-economic change 64

Demography and demographic change 67

Summary 86

5 Assessing opportunities for leisure and recreation 91

Introduction 91

Components of a provision and opportunities review 91

Inventories of provision 92

Environmental, resource and climate change impacts 96

Classifying leisure and recreation opportunities 102

Hierarchies of provision 104

Preparing an inventory 108

Using an inventory for planning purposes 108

Summary 112

6 Report reviews: scope and purpose 115

Introduction 115

The value of a report review 115

The types of reports to review 116

Report review method 120

Using the findings of a reports review 122

Summary 122

7 Assessing needs and aspirations 125

Introduction 125

Why consult? 125

Consultation principles and guidelines 127

The who and what of consultation 129

Consultation strategies 131

Surveys 135

Conducting a household doorknock survey 153

Public participation geographic information systems 154

Analysing consultation findings 157

Summary 164

8 Leisure and recreation participation 168

Introduction 168

Participation data and planning 168

Leisure and recreation participation studies 170

Time series participation data 175

Issues to consider when using participation data 178

Summary 180

9 Planning for greenfield and brownfield sites and natural areas 183

Introduction 183

Planning for greenfield and brownfield sites 183

Planning for leisure and recreation in natural areas 195

Natural area planning frameworks: overview 204

Summary 205

10 Alternate leisure and recreation planning approaches 209

Introduction 209

Standards 209

Ad hoc planning 211

Developer contribution and parkland dedication schemes 212

Advocacy planning 218

Action research 219

Charrettes 222

Delphi method planning 223

Summary 224

11 Preparing a leisure and recreation plan 229

Introduction 229

Organising and writing a leisure and recreation plan 230

Evaluating research data 235

Completing the plan 242

Summary 243

12 Implementing, monitoring and evaluating a plan 245

Introduction 245

Reviewing and evaluating planning strategies 246

Implementing a leisure and recreation plan 248

Monitoring and evaluating provision inputs 250

Monitoring and evaluating outputs 252

Monitoring and evaluating the outcomes of apian 256

Summary 263

13 Ensuring a sound future for leisure and recreation planning 267

Introduction 267

Planning by and with the community 268

Planning research improvements 268

Leisure and recreation benefits and goals 271

Research about leisure and recreation planning 273

Conclusion 273

Index 277

Editorial Reviews

"[A book that] will become the "bible" for recreation planning in Australia. The collaboration between Kenneth Marriott and John Tower, two of the leading thinkers in recreation planning in Australia, has combined their extensive experience into one publication. This text should sit in every recreation planner’s publication portfolio, as it will in mine." – Neal Ames, Sport and Recreation Project Manager, Glenorchy City Council

"A welcome contribution to the sparse literature on community leisure and recreation planning. … While the opening chapter offers brief discussions of theoretical concepts such as paradigms, ideologies and benefits, the overall emphasis is on the practical. The book will therefore be appreciated by planning students who wish to be informed about community leisure planning and leisure studies students interested in the practical challenges of planning." – A. J. Veal, University of Technology Sydney, World Leisure Journal

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