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ALTERNATIVE WAYS, LOCATIONS, AND PARTNERS TO MEET THE
RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES:
THE CASE OF FLORENCE-FIRESTONE
by
Clement Lau
A Doctoral Project Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING,
AND DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
May 2011
Copyright 2011 Clement Lau
Object Description
| Title | Alternative ways, locations, and partners to meet the recreational needs of underserved communities: the case of Florence-Firestone |
| Author | Lau, Clement |
| Author email | clement.lau@usc.edu; clau@usctrojans.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Policy, Planning & Development |
| Document type | Project |
| Degree program | Policy, Planning & Development |
| School | School of Policy, Planning, and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-18 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-03-29 |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Banerjee, Tridib Pastor, Manuel Persico, Mark Burman, Tsilah |
| Abstract | Traditionally, park agencies address the shortage of urban parks by trying to increase the number and acreage of parks in underserved areas. Such an approach focuses exclusively on physical solutions, i.e. the development of new parks, requires substantial financial and land resources, and presumes that the parks department is the only supplier of recreational opportunities. Given the lack of public funding and land for new urban parks, this traditional approach is no longer typically feasible.; This paper presents an alternative approach that focuses on the provision of recreational services through multiple-use facilities and partnerships with a wide variety of public, nonprofit, and private organizations. This approach rightfully recognizes parks as a means to address recreational needs rather than an end itself, and shifts park agencies from being producers and guardians of parks to being facilitators of recreational services. Instead of focusing alone on developing new parks on its own and devoting significant resources on land acquisition and facility construction, park agencies should actively identify and pursue alternative ways, locations, and partners to offer recreational services. Alternative ways could include: the joint use of school facilities; the introduction of recreational uses on land owned by utilities; mobile gyms; transportation of residents to outside recreational facilities; and temporary use of parking and vacant lots, reuse of existing buildings, and temporary closure of streets for recreational purposes. The key component of this paper is a case study to demonstrate how this alternative approach of meeting recreational needs may be implemented in Florence-Firestone, an underserved area in South Los Angeles. |
| Keyword | urban parks; underserved communities; Florence-Firestone; Los Angeles County; unincorporated areas; recreational services; park planning; multiple-use facilities; partnerships; joint use; public health |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Florence-Firestone; Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2005/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3707 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Lau, Clement |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Lau-4431 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Lau-4431.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | ALTERNATIVE WAYS, LOCATIONS, AND PARTNERS TO MEET THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF FLORENCE-FIRESTONE by Clement Lau A Doctoral Project Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT May 2011 Copyright 2011 Clement Lau |
