A GPS tracking study of recreationists in an Alaskan protected area

Stamberger, Lorraine; Riper, Carena J. van; Keller, Rose; Brownlee, Matthew T. J.; Rose, Jeff

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.02.011

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“…Visitors most often experience the park by taking a bus trip along the 92-mile park road that hugs the north side of the Alaskan Range(Yost and Wright 2001). There were 600,000 recorded visits in 2016 (National Park Service 2015), and the activities pursued by these individuals spanned wildlife viewing/photography, camping, mountaineering, cycling, packrafting, scenic air tours, and front and backcountry hiking(Stamberger et al 2018).…”

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Integrating multi-level values and pro-environmental behavior in a U.S. protected area

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Human behavior is influenced by an array of psychological processes such as environmental values. Despite the importance of understanding the reasons why people engage in activities that minimize environmental degradation, empirical research rarely integrates different types of values simultaneously to provide more complete and multi-faceted insights on how values contribute to environmental sustainability. Drawing from on-site survey data collected in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska (n = 641), we used two-step structural equation modeling to test how variation in behavioral patterns was explained by the cultural, individual, and social values of visitors to a national park. We fused various disciplinary perspectives on the value concept to demonstrate how individual-and group-level dynamics were integral for predicting behavior and better understanding aggregated preferences for environmental conditions in the context of a U.S. protected area.

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“…e observed pattern, especially the spatio-temporal changes in use intensity, may be well explained by movement trajectories of visitors and temporal constraints related to the cable car schedule and time budget of visitors. Understanding human movement and behavior in parks and protected areas is an integral part of managing social-ecological systems, in particular, the spatial travel patterns of tourists and their impacts on ecosystems (Stamberger et al 2018). GPS-tracking is novel in the Carpathians -so far only one protected area has used it, so there is a clear benefit for the management of protected areas.…”

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Visitor profiling using characteristics of socio-demographic and spatial behavior as tools to support the management of protected mountain areas

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Protected mountain areas are attractive tourist destinations, and the number of visitors to these areas is increasing. The extension of cable car operations into the summer season is a challenge for some protected areas. Our study focuses on visitor profiles and is based on the characteristics of socio-demographic and spatial behavior of cable car users of the Chopok area (Slovakia). The methods used involve recording visitors’ itineraries through the use of GPS loggers and conducting post-trip interviews with the study participants. In order to better understand visitors’ spatial behavior, the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and trip itinerary parameters was analyzed. Additionally, three distinct visitor profiles based on cluster analysis were found in the investigated sample. The results can be used to enrich our knowledge concerning the spatial behavior of tourists in mountain environments, and more directly, for the management of cable car destinations located within protected areas.

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“…Both studies demonstrate how progress toward operationalization of FACETS can proceed and how surveys of the general skiing population can elucidate behaviors and decisions when properly designed. Certainly there are differences between in-person surveys of daily tours and machinebased surveys but both can be used effectively to expand our knowledge of the decision processes of the skiing population (Chamarro et al, 2013;Dohmen et al, 2011;Fitzgerald et al, 2016;Furman et al, 2010;Grímsdóttir & Mcclung, 2006;Haegeli et al, 2014Haegeli et al, , 2012Haegeli & Strong-Cvetich, 2018;Harvey et al, 2002;Hendrikx & Johnson, 2014, 2016Hendrikx et al, 2016Hendrikx et al, , 2013Hendrikx et al, 2014;Johnson et al, 2016;Mannberg et al, 2018b;Marengo et al, 2017;Saly et al, 2020;Stamberger et al, 2018). Beyond the various survey designs, the experimental methods of psychology offer a valuable methodological approach to empirically test hypotheses about human factors in decision making in avalanche terrain.…”

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Rethinking the heuristic traps paradigm in avalanche education: Past, present and future

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This paper will review the emergence and adoption of decision heuristics as a conceptual framework within the avalanche research and education community and demonstrate how this emphasis on the heuristic decision framework has anchored and was critical in redefining the discussion around avalanche accidents. This paradigm has been a critical and meaningful step in recognizing the importance of decision making in avalanche accidents. However, in an attempt to reduce the incidence of fatal accidents, the adoption of these ideas within the wider avalanche community has overlooked some clearly stated limitations within the foundational work of the heuristic decision frame. With respect to the concept of heuristic traps in conventional avalanche education, the concepts are poorly operationalized to the extent that they are vague about what exactly they describe. The result is that as presently framed, they are of negligible value to avalanche education that seeks its basis on the best available information. We end with a discussion, and a call to action to the avalanche research community, of how we could move towards resolution of these weaknesses and add value to prior work on human factor research. Our aim is not to disparage the seminal, paradigm shifting work by McCammon, but rather draw attention to how it has been operationalized and how the industry needs to move beyond this paradigm to see further gains in our understanding of avalanche fatalities.

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A GPS tracking study of recreationists in an Alaskan protected area

Cited by 40 publications

References 42 publications

Integrating multi-level values and pro-environmental behavior in a U.S. protected area

Integrating multi-level values and pro-environmental behavior in a U.S. protected area

Visitor profiling using characteristics of socio-demographic and spatial behavior as tools to support the management of protected mountain areas

Rethinking the heuristic traps paradigm in avalanche education: Past, present and future

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