Wildfire-driven entry closures influence visitor displacement and spending to alternative park entrance corridors and gateway communities around Yosemite National Park

Decreased air quality shows minimal influence on peak summer attendance at forested Pacific West national parks

“…Visitors generally change their behavior based on conditions within their respective locations, which vary across based on park contexts and ecoregion considerations such as microclimate and topography, with more diverse parks featuring increased adaptive capacity (Wilkins et al, 2021). Attendance persisting during suboptimal conditions is supplemented by recent research in the Yosemite National Park region indicating that even with one or more park gates (i.e., park ingress) limited by wildfire-driven road closures, visitors choose to still access parks, rather than displace to gateway communities (Brown and Jenkins, 2023).…”

“…Departures from the medians potentially reflect visitors who would have attended during periods of improved quality with the ability to withdraw at short notice (i.e., those within reasonable drive time or increased schedule flexibility to "try again"). Locals can stay home and reschedule on comparatively shorter notice, while a substantial proportion of visitors have traveled further and may be more inclined to not miss their opportunity given financial and planning costs associated with accessing national parks, such as booking flights, limited back country permits, or stringent accommodations policies (Brown and Jenkins, 2023). Meanwhile, outside of visitors' accommodations within and proximate to parks, air quality is correspondingly reduced.…”

Search Behaviour in Public Spaces: Insights from Urban Kiosks and the Search Behaviour Test

“…Furthermore, this article emphasizes the significance of data-driven insights for urban planners, technology developers, and politicians seeking to establish smart cities that are intuitive, user-friendly, and information-accessible. The next parts of this article will go into the study technique used, the data gathered, and the analysis of search Behaviour in public settings [16]- [21]. This will help to get a better understanding of the dynamics of urban kiosks and search Behaviour in the context of smart cities, resulting in a knowledge foundation to influence future urban developments and user-centric technology solutions.…”