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Research Strategy For Recreation Sub-Program Michigan Institutional Sea Grant Program
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1979
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Series: MICHU-SG ; 79-116
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Description:The recreation portion of the Michigan Sea Grant Program is a multi-discipline program devoted to the development, planning and management of recreation resources through basic and applied research. The major emphasis of this sub-program is directed toward the entire spectrum of spatial allocation of water recreation in the urban coastal zone. The sub-program addresses regional and national problems that relate to the planning and development of these resources. Michigan ranks high in water related recreation due to its geographical uniqueness. In addition to 3200 miles of Great Lake shoreline, Michigan has 11037 inland lakes and 43 river systems. One of the primary uses of the coastal zone of the Great Lakes and the inland lakes and rivers is recreation. The waters are used on a year around basis for broad spectrum of recreational activities. Increased population size, the change of community composition, and the improved community attitude toward recreational values have put growing pressure on recreational facilities, particularly around the urban coastal zones. Yet the lack of understanding in this fragile environment has made planning, development and management of recreational facilities, whether under private or public control, economically and ecologically unsound and ' occasionally detrimental to the future viability of the social and natural system involved. Fundamental information on questions concerning user needs, user preferences, travel time, land use control and ownership, public right-of-way, current and potential ecological, social and economic impact of support facilities, compliment and conflict and adjacenct condition of recreational types, and the recreational suitability of water resources, is fragmented or more typically, lacking entirely. Therefore, lack of an adequate data base together with questionable planning and spatial allocation methods often led to unsound planning and cumulation of unmet needs. Through collaborative effort with various municipal planning agencies and other research institutions, these recreational problems identified v/ill be investigated. In short, the sub-program's effort will be directed toward a better planning of our Great Lakes Marine Resources and meeting the immediate needs of selected user groups particularly in the case of coastal zone water recreation.
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Sea Grant Document Number:MICHU-T-79-009
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