Overview

Recreation Services is a new and accessible textbook outlining legal issues in Canadian sport and recreation management. Author Nora Rock covers a range of key topics that students in Sport and Recreation programs must understand as they enter the field, including risk analysis, insurance, legal liability, issues in tourism and casual recreation, and professional and amateur sport participation.

This textbook is suitable for college-level courses in Recreation and Leisure Services, Sport Management, Fitness and Leisure Management, Tourism Management, and Parks and Outdoor Recreation.

Top ∧Content Summary

• Chapter 1  Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Recreation
• Chapter 2  Legal Liability in Tort and Contract
• Chapter 3  Legislation, Policy, Procedure, and Administration

• Chapter 4  Risk Management I: Identifying and Reducing Risk
• Chapter 5  Risk Management II: Communicating and Sharing Risk

• Chapter 6  Management of Parks and Recreation Facilities
• Chapter 7  Managing Recreation Programs
• Chapter 8  Equipment and Products law
• Chapter 9  Adventure Tourism and Other High-Risk Activities
• Chapter 10 Recreation on Public Lands
• Chapter 11 Recreation Spectators
• Chapter 12 Violence in Sport