Introduction
1. The Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Outdoor Recreation
2. Recreation Planning
3. Design Concepts for Outdoor Recreation
4. The Journey to the Destination
5. Providing Visitor Information
6. Parking the Car
7. Toilet Facilities
8. Picnicking
9. Children’s Play
10. Trails
11. Water-based Recreation
12. Wildlife viewing
13. Design for Overnight Visitors
14. Interpretation
15. Comprehensive Site Design
Biography
Simon Bell is a forester and landscape architect with over 30 years’ experience of design and research into outdoor recreation. He is currently Professor of Landscape and Wellbeing and co-director of the OPENspace Research Centre at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, and Chair Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Estonian University of Life Sciences.






