Download or read book Forecasting Future Funding of Municipal Parks and Recreation written by James Thomas Petersen and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Park and Recreation Administration written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Statement on Fund Forecasts for Parks and Recreation Areas If Ceiling on Funds is Increased to 12 000 000 Annually written by California. Department of Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Public and Private Funding for Local Public Park and Recreation Services written by Nicholas Pitas and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this dissertation was to better understand the factors that drive acceptance of or opposition to traditional and alternative funding strategies for local public park and recreation services. Traditionally such services are financed primarily through tax-based allocations. Recently however, the public funding model for these services has become increasingly inadequate and inconsistent. Following a golden era spanning the late 20th and early 21st centuries, support for local public parks and recreation fell dramatically. Overall funding for parks and recreation fell, funding decreased relative to other public services, and full-time jobs were lost at a hitherto unprecedented rate. As a result, alternative funding strategies have garnered increased attention as a potential method of retaining service quality and delivery. Privatization, any activity that reduces the publics role in the financing and delivery of public services, is one such alternative strategy, and the focus of this dissertation. Although privatization may indeed mean selling public lands and facilities to the highest bidder, it is more likely to be a matter of degree. Individual practices such as corporate sponsorship, outsourcing, and increased reliance on volunteers are all examples of specific privatization practices. Just how public and how private any agency actually is may be a matter of debate, but implementing these practices is part of an incremental process moving an agency along a spectrum from fully public to fully private. Understanding constituent support for or opposition to these practices, as well as the factors that shape those attitudes, is of critical concern to practitioners who wish to explore privatization as a funding mechanism while maintaining public support and goodwill.Chapter One serves as an introduction to the concept of privatization, as well as an overview of the current public funding situation. Chapter Five provides key findings, implications for practitioners within parks and recreation, and potential future research directions. The body of this dissertation consists of three individual studies, which comprise the second, third, and fourth chapters. The first study (Chapter Two) provides an overview of attitudes towards privatization as a whole, towards individual privatization practices, and the factors that shape those attitudes. Attitudinal structure, as well as the level of ambivalence felt by respondents are also assessed. Within group differences are then presented, allowing for an understanding of how members of certain groups perceive the suite of privatization activities. Study two (Chapter Three) consists of a contingent valuation analysis, which calculates the relative percentage of tax-funding respondents would allocate to parks and recreation and nine competitive local public services. The role of values and attitudes in explaining net allocations to parks and recreation is then explored using a model based on the cognitive hierarchy of human behavior. The final study (Chapter Four) explores the role of values, ideology, and attitudes in shaping support for the implementation of privatization practices. A model based on the cognitive hierarchy of human behavior is presented and tested.
Download or read book Financial Management in the Public Sector written by Wang and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of the global financial crisis on government funds has been significant, with squeezed budgets having to satisfy ever-increasing demands for public services. Managers working in the public sector are confronted daily with targets and demands that are often set in confusing accounting and financial language. In Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector, Gary Bandy employs a clear and concise narrative to introduce the core concepts of accounting and financial management in the public sector and how to deliver services that represent value for money. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout, offering: an increased focus on post-crisis austerity more international examples of public financial management greater coverage of governance, accountability and risk management With a glossary of terms to help managers understand and be understood by accountants, as well as learning objectives, case studies and discussion questions, this practical textbook will help students of public management and administration to understand the financial and accounting aspects of managing public services.
Download or read book Financial Management in the Public Sector written by Xiaohu (Shawn) Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this popular book provides a step-by-step guide on how to use financial management and budgeting tools in the public sector. The book features a practical, case-study approach, and includes plentiful exercises and examples. It is designed as a textbook for courses on public financial management or public budgeting that focus on the application of budgeting and financial management tools. Public service professionals will also benefit from this handy primer.
Download or read book Student Preferences for Funding Public Parks and Recreation Areas During Times of Slow Economic Growth and High Government Deficits written by Scott William Miller and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study asked 263 students at The University of Alabama to identify their access to and primary usage of local, state, and national parks and their preferred method to pay for these recreation areas, particularly in times of insufficient revenues to maintain full operational activities. This study was developed from observations of local, state, and federal cutbacks to parks and recreation budgets during the recession of 2008-2010. This research attempts to build upon the body of evidence that points towards continued flat to declining budgets for many parks and recreation departments. Although this study did not identify a preferred method to keep parks operational during times of insufficient revenues, three areas of strong consensus were found among survey respondents. First, more than 90% of respondents identified local, state, and national parks as very important or important. Second, more than 90% of respondents also agreed that taxes should be used to completely or partially subsidize the costs of public parks and recreation areas. Finally, less than 10% of survey respondents found closing parks or selling parklands to be a preferred method to overcome budget shortfalls. In addition, although respondents enjoy parks and believe some taxes should be used to subsidize them, less than 20% of respondents support tax increases to overcome budget shortfalls. In light of the findings of this study, it seems that the fundamental issue between wanting public services and resisting paying taxes for them is evident in funding public parks. Despite this mismatch, several alternatives could be used by parks and recreation managers in the future to ensure a large and diverse system of parks. These include but are not limited to privatizing additional aspects of parks operations, introducing new or additional user fees for facilities maintenance and upkeep, and encouraging local groups and recreational enthusiasts to manage portions of existing parks.
Download or read book Leisure Recreation and Tourism Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forest Service General Technical Report NE written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Public Fiscal and Financial Governance written by Brian Dollery and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive treatment of traditional as well as newer topics in local public, fiscal and financial management principles and practices. It covers traditional topics of local public management, local revenue administration with special emphasis on property tax administration, local budgeting and accounting, and methods of capital finance. Newer topics covered include political economy of local government, fiscal rules for local fiscal discipline, local government integrity and performance accountability, and municipal mergers and inter-municipal cooperation based upon relative importance and political, fiscal and administrative autonomy of local governments. The treatment is non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences including scholars, instructors, students, policy advisors, and practitioners.
Download or read book General Technical Report SE written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Highways written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the effects of urban highway systems on the total environment of the areas they serve.
Download or read book Future Survey Annual 1985 written by Michael Marien and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leisure Services Financial Management written by David Emanuelson and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2013 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leisure Services Financial Management presents current knowledge, systems, and skills necessary for managing the financial operations of a leisure service agency, organization, or business. It covers a range of financial management models and approaches in public, private, and nonprofit sectors of the leisure service industry and contains a full set of ancillaries and an exclusive web resource.
Download or read book Urban Highways Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Roads written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
