Differences in the recreational value of urban parks between weekdays and weekends: A discrete choice analysis

Bertram, Christine; Meyerhoff, Jürgen; Rehdanz, Katrin; Wüstemann, Henry

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.10.006

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“…In the past year, the overall average number of visits to the Calligraphy Greenway was 9.15, most of which were local visitors. This is consistent with studies for urban forests [28], in which the visitors who live closer to the recreation area would tend to visit the area more frequently. Note: Conducted by this study; ranks for the level of satisfaction with the Calligraphy Greenway: 1 (very unsatisfied), 2 (unsatisfied), 3 (no opinion), 4 (satisfied), 5 (very satisfied).…”

Section: Analysis Of the Descriptive Statistics For Visitors' Attributessupporting

confidence: 90%

“…For visitors to the Calligraphy Greenway, a quality of service facility that is too low leads to an extremely negative recreational experience. This result shows that the higher the recreational service quality, the greater the utility value [28,31].…”

Section: Analyzing Preferences For the Recreational Attributesmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…It is also possible that the lack of large exhibitions or special events (e.g., Taichung Jazz Fest) might account for the low volume of non-local visitors, as the distance to visit the Calligraphy Greenway might be too far for the non-local visitors. The previous study also showed that the distance to the recreation location would have negative influence on the visitors' intension [28,29].…”

Section: Analyzing Frequency Of Visitors' Basic Attributesmentioning

confidence: 92%

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Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Liu

Chuang

2018

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This study explores preferences for a set of attributes that characterize the recreational value of Calligraphy Greenway, the most notable greenbelt in Taichung City, Taiwan. As an urban green space, the Calligraphy Greenway has its own recreational attributes and visitors' preferences. This study uses the choice experiment method to determine visitors' preference levels for five major attributes to improve the recreational quality. On average, each visitor visited there 9.15 times in the past year and spent 2.37 h per visit. Of the five recreational attributes, satisfaction with recreational activity opportunities had the highest score and satisfaction with cultural landscape resources had the lowest score. The importance is ranked in the order of recreational service quality, total recreational cost, environmental landscape resources, cultural landscape resources and recreational activity opportunities. Considering difference of groups, female visitors were more concerned with cost and activities but male visitors were more concerned with service quality and natural/cultural landscape resources. Local visitors were more concerned with cost and activities but non-local visitors were more concerned with environmental/cultural landscape resources. Both were concerned with service quality. Based on the results, this study makes the following recommendations: cultural landscape resources and quality of recreational services and facilities should be improved and more complete interpretative educational guidance should be provided to increase visitors' willingness to visit. Additionally, it is suggested to set up various districts to cater for preferences of different visitor groups.

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Section: Analyzing Preferences For the Recreational Attributesmentioning

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Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Liu

Chuang

2018

Forests

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“…This result could be explained by the weekend effects of outdoor activities. As individuals have elevated feelings of freedom and closeness during the weekends periods [47], they are more likely to engage in their preferred activities and spend time with friends and/or family members. Thus, different spatial activity boundaries and behaviors during weekdays and weekends might be associated with temporal contexts, as individuals tend to visit distant and larger parks.…”

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Seasonal Spatial Activity Patterns of Visitors with a Mobile Exercise Application at Seoraksan National Park, South Korea

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Visitors' behavior in national parks can be influenced by seasonal variations in climate and preferred activities. Seasonality can produce different space consumption patterns, and impact visitor experience and natural resource use. The purpose of this study was to explore the seasonal spatial patterns of visitors' activities using a mobile exercise application within the context of Seoraksan National Park in South Korea. A dataset composed of 5142 starting and ending points of 2639 activities (hiking and walking) created by 1206 mobile exercise application users (January-December 2015) were collected from a leading mobile exercise application operator. GIS-based spatial analytical techniques were used to analyze the spatial patterns of activity points across seasons and days (weekdays/weekends). Results indicated considerable seasonal and daily variations in activity distribution and hot spots (i.e., locations of potential congestion or crowding). The findings enable park managers to mitigate negative impacts to natural resources as well as enhance visitors' experiences. Also, it allows potential visitors to decide when to visit certain sites via mobile application to ensure optimal conditions. Furthermore, the GPS-based exercise mobile application can be used as a new methodological approach to understand spatio-temporal patterns of visitors' behavior within national parks and other natural protected areas.

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“…Some studies have analyzed travelers' attitudes towards alternative transportation, in order to provide information for urban planning and management [8,9]. In addition, temporal variations in travel flows have been examined in recent studies, including differences in the behavior of residents between weekdays and weekends [10] as well as seasonal variations [11]. The majority of these studies typically focus on commuting, while travel for recreational purpose has been largely ignored, although lack of knowledge of these dynamics hinders understanding the interactions between urban parks and residents.…”

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Mapping and Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Dynamics and Bundles of Travel Flows of Residents Visiting Urban Parks

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Abstract:Understanding the spatial and temporal movement patterns of residents visiting urban parks is essential to link park use with human well-being. There has been increasing interest recently in quantifying travel behaviors, but most studies have focused on flows of commuters within cities or tourists flows between cities. Actual, specific spatial and temporal connections between urban parks and residents within cities are still poorly understood. Here, we present an approach to take different types of travel flows into account when mapping and quantifying the spatial delivery and temporal dynamics of specific travel flows. This approach is based on empirical investigation of individuals' movements from their homes to parks and online map navigation technology. The flow maps we generated capture key travel flow patterns, addressing where, which, when, and how much they were associated with the use of recreational service provided by urban parks in Wuhan, China, during the summers of 2015 and 2016. Such maps may aid efforts to restore or improve the efficiency of park access and use. We also examined bundles of these spatial and temporal flows, and show that similar transport conditions were important for bundling spatial flows, while temporal flow bundles were significantly related to spatial features. These findings could help to reveal potential trade-offs and synergies of travel flows associated with space and time constraints and facilitate exploration of policy alternatives for equitable and efficient use of urban park systems.

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Differences in the recreational value of urban parks between weekdays and weekends: A discrete choice analysis

Cited by 118 publications

References 29 publications

Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Seasonal Spatial Activity Patterns of Visitors with a Mobile Exercise Application at Seoraksan National Park, South Korea

Mapping and Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Dynamics and Bundles of Travel Flows of Residents Visiting Urban Parks

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