Estimating visitor use at attraction sites and trailheads in Yosemite National Park using automated visitor counters

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Pettebone, David ^a   Newman, Peter ^a   Lawson, Steven R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b RESOURCE SYSTEMS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Carrying capacity; Infrared trail traffic counter; National park planning; Visitor use monitoring; Yosemite national park

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); ERRORS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FACILITIES PLANNING; NATIONAL PARKS; PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; VISITOR EXPERIENCES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK; YOSEMITE VALLEYS;

AUTOMATION;

CALIBRATION; CARRYING CAPACITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; NATIONAL PARK; PLANNING PRACTICE; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77956265150     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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