Understanding users' perceptions of trail resource impacts and how they affect experiences: An integrated approach

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-350

  Moore, Roger L ^a   Leung, Yu Fai ^a   Matisoff, Craig ^a   Dorwart, Catherine ^b   Parker, Alan ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated impact assessment; Recreation experiences; Recreation impacts; Trails; Visitor perceptions

Indexed keywords

EROSION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RECREATION EXPERIENCES; RECREATION IMPACTS; TRAILS; VISITOR PERCEPTIONS;

USER EXPERIENCE;

EROSION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MUD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STUDENT;

EID: 84865304051     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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