Dave Marcouiller
URPL 945 - Seminar in Land Use and Community Development
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Planning
In this seminar, we will develop an interdisciplinary approach to domestic tourism and outdoor recreation planning within the context of community development. Key elements of this approach focus on spatial/temporal characteristics, markets, society, institutions, and decision-making within which tourism development and outdoor recreation planning occurs. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to distinguish between and critically evaluate the provision of touristic and outdoor recreation resources (supply) and the human motivations for leisure (demand). Students will also develop a theoretically-based appreciation for policy analysis and contemporary tourism research.
Syllabus - Spring Semester 2012
Digital versions of our readings are found in the course DROPBOX (by invitation only). Our thematic guideposts for the semester are listed below; click on the week for outlines and reading lists - click on the session number for the slides used to introduce each meeting's thematic.
Organization of this Seminar
Section I: The problem --- tourism and outdoor recreation within a community development context
Week 1 – Introduction to the seminar and its thematic and community contexts (Session 1, Session 2)
Week 2 – Development of an amenity infrastructure; the rise of mass tourism; and reactive planning (Session 3, Session 4)
Section II: Developing the backdrop for planning
Week 3 – Spatial and temporal components of tourism and outdoor recreation (Session 5, Session 6)
Week 4 – Markets for tourism and outdoor recreation (Session 7, Session 8)
Week 5 – Traditional resources used in tourism – is this an industry? (Session 9, Session 10)
Week 6 – Latent resources used in tourism – producing regional amenities (Session 11, Session 12)
Week 7 – Latent resources continued – outdoor recreation supply and its linkages (Session 13, Session 14)
Week 8 – Latent resource continued – outdoor recreation planning and recreational homes (Session 15 with Jeff Prey, about SCORP, Session 16)
Week 9 – Society and tourism - recreational homes, con't (Session 17, and Tingting on tourism in China - sorry, no slides)
Section III: Planning responses --- developing holistic and systemic policies and designs
Week 10 – Society and tourism – stakeholders in the tourism and outdoor recreation planning process (Session 18, Session 19)
Spring Break
Week 11 – Decision-making in tourism and outdoor recreation contexts (Visit with DNR BPR Administrators, and Ticha on tourism in Thailand - sorry, no slides)
Week 12 – Planning for tourism and outdoor recreation (Session 20, Session 21)
Week 13 – Field Trip to DL State Park, Baraboo, and the Dells; producing tourism experience (FT photo and another, Session 22)
Section IV: Summary, conclusions, and student presentations
Week 14 – A call for more complete understanding and better, more integrative tourism planning
Week 15 – Student presentations