Model for determining the load or carrying capacity of rivers and riverbanks for recreational use

Otero, Iago; Ezquerra, A.; Navarra, M.; Sendra, P.

doi:10.3989/estgeogr.201523

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“…No effective quantitative method for solving the aforementioned developmental limitations exists in Taiwan or any other country, although centuries worldwide have abundant experience with river restoration, have combined river development with recreation and tourism, and have even integrated river development with urban functions [21][22][23][24]. On the basis of Taiwan's rich experience in developing high riverbanks, this study proposes an analytical scale for a comprehensive quantitative analysis of such development and engages in a qualitative discussion before providing constructive methods and procedures for high riverbank development.…”

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Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan

Shyu

Fang

Cheng

2020

Water

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Taiwan’s cities exhibit high levels of urbanization, which has resulted in limited recreation space in urban areas. In response, government policies have been enacted to promote the large-scale greening of rivers in urban areas and the establishment of aquatic recreation areas that do not interfere with water flow areas, pavilions for recreation purposes, indoor stadiums, and biking lanes alongside riverbanks to provide citizens with recreation space. An expert team was convened to investigate 50 riverside recreation sites, and the Comfortable Water Environment Rest Assessment Form was devised. The investigation results revealed three factors that contribute to the value of riverside recreation sites; the three factors had a total explanatory power of 70.17%. The factors, namely exercising and leisure, overall design plan and entrance image, and environmental maintenance and service, had an explanatory power of 25.52%, 23.32%, and 21.32%, respectively. Finally, this study provides guidance for constructing service systems for riverside recreation sites by referencing practical cases. This study suggests that future designs focus on the characteristics of visitors as the main consideration when investing resources in recreation sites. In addition, more exercise and recreation equipment and facilities should be provided at recreation sites located within highly populated areas. For recreation sites that feature beautiful scenery, greater degrees of overall design planning and entrance image qualities can be integrated into the recreation sites, and environmental teaching materials can be incorporated into the environment. Furthermore, this study suggests that residents who live near recreation sites form and operate volunteer groups to contribute to environmental maintenance and the relevant services; this would greatly enhance the overall experience of comfort of visitors to the recreation sites. Finally, this study provides guidance for low-intensity construction in high riverbank areas.

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Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan

Shyu

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Cheng

2020

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Relevance of Impact Studies on the Environmental Impacts of Tourism and Sustainability

Sharma

Rao

2019

Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Developing Nations

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The chapter investigates the relationship and trends in tourism-environmental impact studies in research communities for past 10 years. It discusses the various components and categories of the environmental impacts within context to the tourism. To achieve the purpose, a bibliometric study of the Scopus-indexed publications was conducted and analyzed for three themes using the Scopus search-defined parameters. During the search defining parameters, a total of 125, 28, and 88 relevant documents were obtained from the database for the theme, tourism-environmental impact overall studies, tourism-environmental impact and carrying capacity, socio-cultural and perception-based relevant studies, respectively. Based on the results, the authors conclude that there is a significant increase in environmental impact and tourism-related studies in the past 10 years. European countries have a major contribution towards environmental impact and tourism studies as compared to other Asian countries. The technical studies using tools of assessment for environmental impacts and tourism linkages is still insufficient.

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Model for determining the load or carrying capacity of rivers and riverbanks for recreational use

Cited by 2 publications

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Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan

Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan

Relevance of Impact Studies on the Environmental Impacts of Tourism and Sustainability

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