Social carrying capacity: An integration and synthesis of twenty years of research

Graefe, Alan R.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Kuss, Fred R.

doi:10.1080/01490408409513046

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“…Values of the coefficients should be adjusted according to the specific characteristics of the protected area studied. For GNP, the relevant contextual information is as follows: 1) Trail crowding is a situation in which interaction with other visitors is greater than a desirable level (Graefe et al, 1984;Gramann and Burdge, 1984). Most visitors to GNP wish to experience it for its wild nature and natural areas (Semczuk et al, 2014).…”

Section: Recreationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of extreme natural events on the provision of ecosystem services in a mountain environment: The importance of trail design in delivering system resilience and ecosystem service co-benefits

Tomczyk

White

Ewertowski

2016

Journal of Environmental Management

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Section: Recreationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of extreme natural events on the provision of ecosystem services in a mountain environment: The importance of trail design in delivering system resilience and ecosystem service co-benefits

Tomczyk

White

Ewertowski

2016

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…The concept of carrying capacity addresses the question of how many people can be permitted into Taj Mahal without risk of degrading the site and the visitor's experience (Graefe et al, 1984). It has generally been broken down into three categories: Physical, ecological and social (Rastegar, 2010).…”

Section: Carrying Capacity Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

A case study of Taj Mahals visitor satisfaction and carrying capacity

Vishal¹,

Vardhan²,

Amruta³

et al. 2016

J. Hosp. Manage. Tourism

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Tourist makes major contribution to Indian economy and employment rates. Tourism is generally less harmful to the environment compared to other activities like industry. Due to large number of tourists, a lot of environmental stress is being observed within the premises of Taj Mahal. There is a considerable adverse impact on Taj Mahal due to the increase of touristic activities, which is envisaged to rise in future. There is lack of studies on Taj Mahal in regards to international/ domestic visitor experience; therefore a scientific study -in the vicinity of Taj Mahal -with a view to assess the impact of tourist flow has been done. It has been concluded that the maximum number of tourists could be determined so that environmental conditions of Taj Mahal premises and its vicinity are maintained. Moreover, 503 surveying and questionnaires were carried out to gauge the level of the visitor's satisfaction.

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“…It sets the limits of the established and desired site conditions according to the proposed visitor use level and conservation goals. The first study focused on the relationship between visitor use and environmental conditions, with the working hypothesis that increasing the number of visitors causes greater environmental impact [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Furthermore, other authors have incorporated a carrying capacity analysis of the social dimensions that address aspects of the visitor experience [11].…”

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A recreational carrying capacity assessment of the 16th century Spanish Fort of Santiago on the Island of Chikly, Tunisia

Blasco¹,

Martínez²,

Abdennadher³

et al. 2014

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The increase in cultural tourism has revealed the vulnerability of the heritage resources during the phase of tourism exploitation and, thus, the need to set limits and to establish visitor management tools to ensure the conservation of the heritage resources and the visitors' satisfaction.This work focuses on the determination of the recreational carrying capacity of the Fort of Santiago monument located on the Island of Chikly (Tunisia), situated in the Northern Lagoon of Tunis, which is declared a Nature Reserve for its ornithological interest. Furthermore, it has always attracted people from many civilisations, as evidenced by the Phoenician, Punic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Spanish and Turkish remains discovered there.The Fort of Santiago is one of the most important monuments of 16th century. Emperor Charles I of Spain ordered the construction of the fort in 1535. A few years later, the fort passed into Turkish hands. Subsequent to transformation processes and changes of use, it was abandoned in the 19th century. In the 21st century, the monument was restored for tourism purposes.The results of this assessment specifically highlight the greater fragility of the island in relation to the Fort of Santiago, and the need to control the visitor use level. Thus, one group of 20 people per day would be an acceptable volume of visitors. Tourism management guidelines and environmental, cultural and social performance standards and monitoring indicators are also identified to guarantee the conservation and wise use of this valuable heritage site.

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Social carrying capacity: An integration and synthesis of twenty years of research

Cited by 152 publications

References 44 publications

Effects of extreme natural events on the provision of ecosystem services in a mountain environment: The importance of trail design in delivering system resilience and ecosystem service co-benefits

Effects of extreme natural events on the provision of ecosystem services in a mountain environment: The importance of trail design in delivering system resilience and ecosystem service co-benefits

A case study of Taj Mahals visitor satisfaction and carrying capacity

A recreational carrying capacity assessment of the 16th century Spanish Fort of Santiago on the Island of Chikly, Tunisia

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