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Trails for the Twenty-First Century: Planning, Design, and Management Manual for Multi-Use Trails
Trails for the Twenty-First Century: Planning, Design, and Management Manual for Multi-Use Trails
edited by Karen Lee Ryan by Rails to Trails Conservancy
Island Press, 1993 Cloth: 978-1-55963-237-9 | Paper: 978-1-55963-238-6 | eISBN: 978-1-59726-283-5 (all) Library of Congress Classification GV191.4.T73 1993 Dewey Decimal Classification 796.50973
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Trails for the Twenty-first Century gives step-by-step guidance in all aspects of the planning, design, and management of multi-use trails. Topics discussed include:
how to make physical and cultural assessments of the site and surrounding communities
planning the trail: public involvement, meeting the needs of adjacent landowners, compliance with legislation
designing the trail: making it unique,meeting the needs of different users, working with special features
managing the trail
maximizing the trail's potential
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Karen-Lee Ryan is director of publications for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a national nonprofit membership organization that seeks to enhance America's communities and countrysides by converting thousands of miles of abandoned rail corridors and connecting open space into a nationwide network of public trails.