This paper reviews the social science literature on racial and ethnic minority use of the
National Park System. Four theoretical perspectives are examined--the marginality …

Geographic research on parks has been wide-ranging but has seldom examined how and
why people use parks, leaving these questions to leisure science, which privileges socio …

Scholars have attributed park (non) use, especially ethno-racially differentiated (non) use, to
various factors, including socio-cultural (eg poverty, cultural preferences, etc.) and socio …

summary Studies in Outdoor Recreation is a standard text in courses on parks and outdoor
recreation, a guide to the scholarly literature for graduate students and researchers, and a …

Models of sustainable tourism consider not only the aspects of the physical environment but
also the dimensions of the social and cultural environment of destinations. During the past …

Structured interviews were conducted with African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-
American and Caucasian-American park users (N= 463) during one of their visits to a large …

Over the past 30 years leisure scholars have produced a substantial literature around the
dynamics of race and ethnicity in leisure behavior. Two major social forces have impelled …

The purpose of this study was to explore how ethnicity/race and gender, in combination,
influence person-natural environment interactions. The sample consisted of 525 university …

Problems of leisure constraints and issues of leisure behavior among ethnic/racial minorities
have been largely regarded as two distinct domains in leisure studies. However, it is difficult …

Much of the research on environmental justice centers on environmental hazards. This
article offers an overview of the emergence of environmental justice issues in outdoor …