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Select metrics describing the operations of America's state park systems
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  • Jordan Smith, Utah State University
  • Yu-Fai Leung, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Description

This dataset contains annual descriptive statistics characterizing the operations of each of the 50 state park systems in the United States between 1984 and 2017.

Author ORCID Identifier

Jordan Smith https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-4887

OCLC
1143695277
Document Type
Dataset
DCMI Type
Dataset
File Format
.csv, .txt
Publication Date
5-22-2019
Funder

National Association of State Park Directors

Publisher
Utah State University
Methodology

See Smith, J. W., & Leung, Y. -F. (2018). 2018 outlook and analysis letter: The vital statistics of America’s state park systems. Logan, UT: Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University. Available at: http://extension.usu.edu/iort/ou-files/2018_outlook_and_analysis_report.pdf

Referenced by

Smith, J. W., Wilkins, E. J., & Leung, Y. -F. (2019). Attendance trends threaten future operations of America's state park systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1902314116

Start Date
1-1-1984
End Date
12-31-2017
Language
eng
Code Lists

see README file

License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Checksum
a93e84740fc6565c19e9aa520e768761
Citation Information
Smith, J., & Leung, Y.-F. (2019). Select metrics describing the operations of America's state park systems. Utah State University. https://doi.org/10.26078/1K8R-A972