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Hispanics and Parks: Managing for Human Diversity

Slagle, Kristina M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1285018303

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2010, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Environment and Natural Resources.
Managing for multiple uses is a constant challenge for natural resource managers. One facet of this challenge includes managing for diverse user-groups, an issue that is increasingly confronting natural resource agencies in the state of Ohio. Between 2000 and 2007, Latino-Hispanics, the fastest growing minority group in the country, experienced growth of 22.4%, contrasting sharply with the overall Ohio population increase of 1.0%. While Latino-Hispanics as a whole still only make up approximately 3% of the total population in Ohio, they are becoming a larger piece of the management puzzle. In previous studies examining Latino-Hispanic leisure behavior, assimilation has been found to play an important role, however, studies are sparse in the Great Lakes region. In the present study, Latino-Hispanics in Columbus, Ohio were administered a survey examining ethnic assimilation, leisure activity choices and constraints. Initial analyses examine differences in activity choice between this sample and a separate sample of White respondents, while allowing for ethnic heterogeneity within the Latino-Hispanic sample. A separate analysis examines within-group differences in perceived constraints to leisure in undeveloped natural areas among Latino-Hispanics in central Ohio.
Jeremy Bruskotter, PhD (Advisor)
Robyn Wilson, PhD (Advisor)
Eric Toman, PhD (Committee Member)
139 p.
Behaviorial Sciences; Hispanic Americans; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Public Health; Recreation
recreation; leisure; minority; Latino; Hispanic

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  • Slagle, K. M. (2010). Hispanics and Parks: Managing for Human Diversity [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1285018303

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Slagle, Kristina. Hispanics and Parks: Managing for Human Diversity. 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1285018303.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Slagle, Kristina. "Hispanics and Parks: Managing for Human Diversity." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1285018303

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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