Managing outdoor recreation in California: visitor contact studies

Abstract

Chavez, Deborah J.

Managing Urban Parks for a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Clientele

“…Although past ndings show variation both within and among individuals and groups, there is a general tendency for White recreationists to travel further and visit urban and wildland parks and natural areas more frequently than African Americans (e.g., Dwyer, 1994;Scott & Munson, 1994;Washburne, 1978). Travel and use patterns by individuals of Latino, Asian, or American Indian origin are less studied and seem to vary across sites and studies (e.g., Chavez, 2001), but one common thread in studies of Latino recreationists is a generally larger and more age-diverse social group (Gramann, 1996). These differences raise questions about various dimensions of access to recreation sites.…”

Movement of people across the landscape: a blurring of distinctions between areas, interests, and issues affecting natural resource management

“…When working with public groups it is critical to recognize that individuals may influence and be influenced by forest environments and associated issues across the landscape, and that they are likely to have information needs generated by a wide range of issues and environments beyond the ones that they are currently involved with (for a discussion of communication with urban groups, see Chavez, 2001).…”

Geospatial Analytics for Park & Protected Land Visitor Reservation Data

“…Origin-destination location pairs A 10-year study of outdoor recreation visitor behavior in California shows that visitors' "recreation style," defined as gender, age, ethnicity, spoken language, social status, and socioeconomic status influences recreation choice, and attitudes of visitors toward natural resources (Chavez, 2001). Predicting tourist behavior in order to provide better services and protect natural resources through understanding "recreation style" is a fundamental key to successful management actions (Manning, 2014).…”