Interpretation and misinterpretation of warning signage: Perceptions of rockfalls in a naturalistic setting

Aucote, Helen M.; Miner, Anthony; Dahlhaus, Peter

doi:10.1080/13548506.2011.644247

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“…The effectiveness of educational messaging is also limited because it is an indirect management approach. Visitors may not notice signage, have limited interests in reading the signage, or interpret the sign incorrectly (Aucote et al 2012;McNamara and Prideaux 2010). Moreover, on-site educational messaging alone does not provide a long-term solution to recreationists' detrimental behaviors, such as walking off-trail (Alder 1996).…”

Section: The Use Of Educational Messaging To Promote Responsible Hikimentioning

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Determinants of Responsible Hiking Behavior: Results from a Stated Choice Experiment

Tian

Smith

Leung

et al. 2015

Environmental Management

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This research examined the determinants of responsible hiking behavior through a lab-based experiment in which two managerial factors believed to influence individuals' behavior (the presentation of an educational message and the method of displaying degraded trail conditions) were varied across four experimental treatments in a 2 × 2 between subjects factorial design. The effect of trail degradation type (muddiness and erosion) and severity (moderate or severe) of trail degradation were also examined within each of the 4 treatment groups. Analyses revealed neither the educational message nor the method of displaying the image had a consistent and expected impact on individuals' behavioral intentions. In fact, participants who viewed the educational message were more likely to indicate they would hike off the trail. The effects of both trail degradation type and severity were consistent and significant with muddiness and more severe levels of degradation having a greater influence on individuals' intent to hike on the edge of or off the trail. The analyses also revealed both gender and hiking frequency had significant effects on behavioral intentions. Female participants were more likely to indicate they would turn around than males when they encountered degraded trail sections. Women were also less likely to indicate they would hike off the trail than men. Collectively, these findings highlight a variety of ways recreation resource managers can more efficiently inform recreationists about the impacts of off-trail hiking and prioritize trail management needs.

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Section: The Use Of Educational Messaging To Promote Responsible Hikimentioning

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Determinants of Responsible Hiking Behavior: Results from a Stated Choice Experiment

Tian

Smith

Leung

et al. 2015

Environmental Management

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“…61 Smaller community approaches that have undergone some level of evaluation include warning signs at certain visitor locations, such as at the Mount Cougal waterfall/rock pool, or at coastal cliff faces. 62,63 At these locations, warning signs were found to improve knowledge about the risks, which either deterred people from swimming and/ or being around risky areas, but did not always translate to behaviour change or influence their choices. It is unlike that safety campaigns can change mass behaviour, however, they are a useful outlet to provide information about risks.…”

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Travel‐weary to travel‐worry: the epidemiology of injury‐related traveller deaths in Australia, 2006‐2017

Miller

Franklin

Watt

et al. 2022

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To explore injury deaths in international and domestic interstate travellers, together with those newly arrived to Australia. Methods: A population‐based cohort study of all injury‐related deaths between 1January 2006 and 31 December 2017 registered with Births Death and Marriages in Australia was conducted using Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Cause of Death information. Population data on travellers were obtained from Tourism Research Australia. Results: There were 4,503 injury‐related traveller deaths (domestic interstate:3,055; international:934; new arrivals:514). The average annual age‐standardised mortality rates in domestic interstate travellers was 0.75 per 100,000, compared with 2.22 per 100,000 in international travellers. Leading causes of injury‐related death were land transport incidents (n=1495, 33.2%), self‐harm (n=786, 17.5%) and falls (n=513, 11.4%), with differences in mechanism by state/territory, traveller type and age group. Intentional self‐harm was common amongst all visitor types, however, it was the primary cause of death in new arrivals Conclusion: Age‐standardised mortality rates were almost three‐fold higher in international than domestic travellers. New arrivals, international and domestic travellers have different injury profiles, and each require specific prevention strategies. Implications for public health: While COVID has restricted travel to and within Australia, this has provided an opportunity for exploration, reflection, and consideration of risk factors for travellers, and to develop targeted injury prevention strategies for visitor types, so travel experience can be optimised and the magnitude of harm can be reduced.

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“…For example, there is the potential for repeat visitors to become 'sign blind' (i.e. no longer notice the controls in place; Greeson & Jurin, 2012) or for tourists to misinterpret signage messaging (Aucote et al, 2012). Additionally, locals tend to gain a sense of ownership of these areas (McKercher, 1996), which both sites, marking overall changes in the behaviours of even those visitors who refused to stop feeding.…”

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“…Many studies aiming to test the general effectiveness of these controls in human–wildlife feeding interactions have relied heavily upon zoo‐based data (Parker et al, 2018; rather than in‐field studies) and visitor opinion polls and surveys (Hockett & Hall, 2007; Mallick & Driessen, 2003) for results. However, visitor surveys and questionnaires may carry a degree of unreliability due to the risk of bias, inaccurate recollection and dishonesty in responses (Aucote et al, 2012; Choi & Pak, 2005). It has, therefore, been advised that direct, in‐field observations be utilised preferentially to ensure that the true effect on visitor behaviour be extracted (Marion et al, 2008).…”

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Reducing risky interactions: Identifying barriers to the successful management of human–wildlife conflict in an urban parkland

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1. Managing activities that result in human-wildlife conflict is a challenging goal for modern scientists and managers. In recent years, the self-motivated feeding of wildlife by humans has garnered popularity but with consequent risks for the health and safety of both parties. This has resulted in calls for management in areas of high contact, for example, parklands. Traditional controls are typically utilised (i.e. signage, patrols), yet their success is varied, leading to a rise in research aiming to improve them. This research has primarily focused on language and design, with little attention paid to the role that audience type (i.e. international tourists vs. locals/residents) may play in their success. Proportions in audience type present can vary both between parks and spatially within a single park, however, controls are usually applied homogeneously with no consideration for how response may vary between these groups.2. Here, we performed a robust before-after study across two summers using a wild fallow deer population in a public park that are commonly fed by visitors as our model. We deployed controls, following best practice as outlined by the literature, and tested their overall effectiveness. We then identified key areas with differences in visitor type proportions and tested for variation in success between them.3. We found that the numbers of visitors feeding the deer significantly decreased overall after the introduction of controls, although interactions were not eliminated entirely. We discovered that the effectiveness of these controls varied with changes in visitor type, with the most positive effects occurring in areas with more international tourists and no significant effect occurring in areas dominated by resident visitors. Notably, of the food offerings remaining, the proportion of foods that could be perceived as 'nutritionally beneficial' increased in | 919People and Nature GRIFFIN et al.

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Interpretation and misinterpretation of warning signage: Perceptions of rockfalls in a naturalistic setting

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Determinants of Responsible Hiking Behavior: Results from a Stated Choice Experiment

Determinants of Responsible Hiking Behavior: Results from a Stated Choice Experiment

Travel‐weary to travel‐worry: the epidemiology of injury‐related traveller deaths in Australia, 2006‐2017

Reducing risky interactions: Identifying barriers to the successful management of human–wildlife conflict in an urban parkland

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