Urban Parks: Combating Time Scarcity
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- January 11, 2022
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Many Americans have an acute sense of time scarcity-the feeling that they lack enough time to do all they want to do. Park and recreation managers have been slow to address time scarcity. This is unfortunate because the survival of their organizations may well depend on their being regarded as a wise use of constituents' time. Lack of time is the reason cited most often for people not exercising, not visiting local parks, and not participating in locally sponsored recreation programs or other free-time activities. (1 page)
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