1985
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1985.tb00179.x
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RIVER RECREATION EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES IN TWO RECREATION OPPORTUNITY SPECTRUM (ROS) CLASSES1

Abstract: The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) system is used by the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management for inventorying, classifying, and managing wildlands for recreation. Different ROS classes from the Colorado and Arkansas Rivers in Colorado were compared, using visitor survey data collected in 1979 and 1981, to see if the different classes offered different r e creational experience opportunities. No difference between classes was found. Six possible reasons for not finding a difference. ar… Show more

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“…Research considering visitor characteristics within and across the ROS categories exists (e.g., Kyle et al 2006;Wollmuth et al 1985), as do select assessments of visitor behavior such as response to conflict (Schneider 2000), physical activity participation (Wilhelm Stanis et al 2009), and response to terrestrial pest infestations (Schlueter and Schneider 2016). However, "the significance of specific places, which people come to know through experience, is not easily captured in resource and social assessments such as ROS" (Williams 2007, p. 31).…”
Section: Recreation Opportunity Spectrummentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research considering visitor characteristics within and across the ROS categories exists (e.g., Kyle et al 2006;Wollmuth et al 1985), as do select assessments of visitor behavior such as response to conflict (Schneider 2000), physical activity participation (Wilhelm Stanis et al 2009), and response to terrestrial pest infestations (Schlueter and Schneider 2016). However, "the significance of specific places, which people come to know through experience, is not easily captured in resource and social assessments such as ROS" (Williams 2007, p. 31).…”
Section: Recreation Opportunity Spectrummentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the USA, Canada and Australia the term «river recreation» has a long life (Wollmuth, Schomaker, Merriam, 1985) -this is a river valley, in the riverbed of which landscape complexes aimed at the creation of a recreation-tourist culture were designed. A relief of flood is leveled, grasses are sown, lawns are mowed, bushes and trees are pruned, beach areas are cleaned.…”
Section: Fig 1 Identification Of Ltchs Optimization Optionsmentioning
confidence: 99%