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2010 NRPA Congress&Exposition

NRPA White Papers
A special session to introduce five research papers on
the compelling value of parks and recreation.

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hether addressing the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, or city and

county leaders, decision makers are seeking a response to the request
for adequate park and recreation funding. Most of them would like to
fund the parks and recreation programs, services, and facilities. But, when confronted
with the choice of parks or police, they will opt for the police-unless there are compelling reasons to support the parks. NRPA leadership wants to provide departments
with those compelling reasons to justify funding.
Last summer, NRPA commissioned Dr. John
Crompton of Texas A & M University to coordinate
the development of five white papers on key topics
of importance to the field of Parks and Recreation.
The papers were each to be completed by authors
viewed as experts in their respective areas of interest. The five papers will be introduced at Congress
for the first time.
" The authors of each paper have a great deal of
expertise on the chosen topic, " says Dr. Crompton.
" As the coordinator for this project, I believe these
authors have articulated the benefits and the scientific evidence relevant to each benefit investigated.
These papers will be of high value to practitioners
and academics alike as they seek to meet the challenges facing the field in the coming years. "

The five papers and authors include:
■■  Measuring the Economic Impact of Park and

Recreation Services-John Crompton, Ph.D,.
Texas A & M University
■■  The Benefits of Physical Activity Provided
by Park and Recreation Services-Geoffrey

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Godbey, Ph.D., and Andrew Mowen, Ph.D., The
Pennsylvania State University
■■  The Rationale for Recreation Services for
Youth: An Evidenced Based Approach-Peter
A. Witt, Ph.D., Texas A & M University and Linda
Caldwell, Ph.D, The Pennsylvania State University
■■  Improving Air Quality with Trees and
Parks-David J. Nowak and Gordon Heisler,
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station,
Syracuse, New York
■■  Parks and Other Green Environments: Essential Components of a Healthy Human
Habitat-Frances E. (Ming) Kuo, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
These sessions will be presented at the NRPA Minneapolis Congress on Wednesday from 2:00 - 5:15
p.m. and Thursday from 2:00 - 5:15 p.m. The papers
will be posted on the NRPA website (www.nrpa.org)
and can be downloaded for free. NRPA believes
these white papers will assist advocates across the
nation to make the case for the value of parks and
recreation.
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