Bruce E Wicks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4192167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce E Wicks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce E |
| FAMILY NAME | Wicks |
| SIGNATURE | WICKS B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The role of place attachment in revitalization of neighborhood parks in East St. Louis
Park improvement projects advanced with little or no financial resources may become important elements of community development. Such revitalization projects engage residents in collective efforts to enhance their neighborhood and, in the process, strengthen neighborhood ties. While the collective efforts often significantly improve deteriorating neighborhoods, they also may increase residents’ attachment to the place. Participant observation of …
Engaging residents in planning for sustainable rural-nature tourism in post-communist Poland
This study attempts to draw attention to environmentally, socially and economically sustainable tourism development as a tool with the potential to generate social capital based on development of local ties in Poland. It uses the interactional approach to community to discuss the possibility of enhancing actors' efficacy and the building of trust among the actors influenced by participatory planning for sustainable tourism development. The intera…
Segmentation of festival motivation by nationality and satisfaction
Measuring Equity Preferences
Issues of social equity are presumed to grow in importance as conditions in urban America deteriorate. Broadening differences between “haves and have nots” will direct public decision makers to provide further justification for service allocation patterns. This study examines the reliability, validity, and stability of equity preference indices for recreation and park services in Austin, Texas. A panel design was employed which collected written …
Festivals and events
Examining the role of tourism promotion through the use of brochures
Predicting the Equity Preferences of Park and Recreation Department Employees and Residents of Austin, Texas
Perceptions of equitable resource allocations by park and recreation departments are dependent upon reconciliation of the disparate opinions, regarding what constitutes fairness, of both internal and external clientele groups. This study examined the equity preferences of resident groups and parks and recreation department employees in Austin, Texas. Through the use of regression analysis, the efficacy of two sets of independent variables in pred…
Allocating Services for Parks and Recreation
This article examines the equitability of park and recreation service allocation decisions. The importance of equity as a concern for planners is discussed, a sampling of related literature is reviewed, and a typology of eight equity models is’ proposed. Research data showing that equity preferences are measurable and that they differ by service and decisionmaking group are presented. A conceptual planning model including an equity assessment pro…
Implementing a preferred equity model for the delivery of leisure services in the US context
The paper is divided into four sections. First, the context of the leisure services field in the US is briefly reviewed as it relates to the emergence of equity as an administrative concern. Second, a taxonomy of eight equity models is presented and each is described. Third, an implementation approach is suggested which consists of five steps: (1) development of a distributional typology on the basis of three dichotomies of service characteristic…
Citizen and administrator perspectives of equity in the delivery of park services
This paper addresses the issue of what constitutes fairness and equity in the allocation of park resources. Four alternative equity models are presented. A general population sample and a sample of park and recreation directors were surveyed to gain empirical insights into which of these models the two groups perceived to be most appropriate for governing the allocation of park resources. Both samples overwhelmingly supported the view that parks …
Segmentation of festival motivation by nationality and satisfaction
Examining the role of tourism promotion through the use of brochures
Implementing a preferred equity model for the delivery of leisure services in the US context
The paper is divided into four sections. First, the context of the leisure services field in the US is briefly reviewed as it relates to the emergence of equity as an administrative concern. Second, a taxonomy of eight equity models is presented and each is described. Third, an implementation approach is suggested which consists of five steps: (1) development of a distributional typology on the basis of three dichotomies of service characteristic…
Citizen and administrator perspectives of equity in the delivery of park services
This paper addresses the issue of what constitutes fairness and equity in the allocation of park resources. Four alternative equity models are presented. A general population sample and a sample of park and recreation directors were surveyed to gain empirical insights into which of these models the two groups perceived to be most appropriate for governing the allocation of park resources. Both samples overwhelmingly supported the view that parks …
Measuring Equity Preferences
Issues of social equity are presumed to grow in importance as conditions in urban America deteriorate. Broadening differences between “haves and have nots” will direct public decision makers to provide further justification for service allocation patterns. This study examines the reliability, validity, and stability of equity preference indices for recreation and park services in Austin, Texas. A panel design was employed which collected written …
Predicting the Equity Preferences of Park and Recreation Department Employees and Residents of Austin, Texas
Perceptions of equitable resource allocations by park and recreation departments are dependent upon reconciliation of the disparate opinions, regarding what constitutes fairness, of both internal and external clientele groups. This study examined the equity preferences of resident groups and parks and recreation department employees in Austin, Texas. Through the use of regression analysis, the efficacy of two sets of independent variables in pred…
Allocating Services for Parks and Recreation
This article examines the equitability of park and recreation service allocation decisions. The importance of equity as a concern for planners is discussed, a sampling of related literature is reviewed, and a typology of eight equity models is’ proposed. Research data showing that equity preferences are measurable and that they differ by service and decisionmaking group are presented. A conceptual planning model including an equity assessment pro…
The role of place attachment in revitalization of neighborhood parks in East St. Louis
Park improvement projects advanced with little or no financial resources may become important elements of community development. Such revitalization projects engage residents in collective efforts to enhance their neighborhood and, in the process, strengthen neighborhood ties. While the collective efforts often significantly improve deteriorating neighborhoods, they also may increase residents’ attachment to the place. Participant observation of …
Engaging residents in planning for sustainable rural-nature tourism in post-communist Poland
This study attempts to draw attention to environmentally, socially and economically sustainable tourism development as a tool with the potential to generate social capital based on development of local ties in Poland. It uses the interactional approach to community to discuss the possibility of enhancing actors' efficacy and the building of trust among the actors influenced by participatory planning for sustainable tourism development. The intera…
Citizen and administrator perspectives of equity in the delivery of park services
This paper addresses the issue of what constitutes fairness and equity in the allocation of park resources. Four alternative equity models are presented. A general population sample and a sample of park and recreation directors were surveyed to gain empirical insights into which of these models the two groups perceived to be most appropriate for governing the allocation of park resources. Both samples overwhelmingly supported the view that parks …
Implementing a preferred equity model for the delivery of leisure services in the US context
The paper is divided into four sections. First, the context of the leisure services field in the US is briefly reviewed as it relates to the emergence of equity as an administrative concern. Second, a taxonomy of eight equity models is presented and each is described. Third, an implementation approach is suggested which consists of five steps: (1) development of a distributional typology on the basis of three dichotomies of service characteristic…
Allocating Services for Parks and Recreation
This article examines the equitability of park and recreation service allocation decisions. The importance of equity as a concern for planners is discussed, a sampling of related literature is reviewed, and a typology of eight equity models is’ proposed. Research data showing that equity preferences are measurable and that they differ by service and decisionmaking group are presented. A conceptual planning model including an equity assessment pro…
Predicting the Equity Preferences of Park and Recreation Department Employees and Residents of Austin, Texas
Perceptions of equitable resource allocations by park and recreation departments are dependent upon reconciliation of the disparate opinions, regarding what constitutes fairness, of both internal and external clientele groups. This study examined the equity preferences of resident groups and parks and recreation department employees in Austin, Texas. Through the use of regression analysis, the efficacy of two sets of independent variables in pred…
Examining the role of tourism promotion through the use of brochures
Festivals and events
Measuring Equity Preferences
Issues of social equity are presumed to grow in importance as conditions in urban America deteriorate. Broadening differences between “haves and have nots” will direct public decision makers to provide further justification for service allocation patterns. This study examines the reliability, validity, and stability of equity preference indices for recreation and park services in Austin, Texas. A panel design was employed which collected written …
Segmentation of festival motivation by nationality and satisfaction
The role of place attachment in revitalization of neighborhood parks in East St. Louis
Park improvement projects advanced with little or no financial resources may become important elements of community development. Such revitalization projects engage residents in collective efforts to enhance their neighborhood and, in the process, strengthen neighborhood ties. While the collective efforts often significantly improve deteriorating neighborhoods, they also may increase residents’ attachment to the place. Participant observation of …
Engaging residents in planning for sustainable rural-nature tourism in post-communist Poland
This study attempts to draw attention to environmentally, socially and economically sustainable tourism development as a tool with the potential to generate social capital based on development of local ties in Poland. It uses the interactional approach to community to discuss the possibility of enhancing actors' efficacy and the building of trust among the actors influenced by participatory planning for sustainable tourism development. The intera…
Political science (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Equity (law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 works) · Geography (4 works)