Tracking human activity and well-being in natural environments using wearable sensors and experience sampling

Measuring food availability and accessibility among adolescents: Moving beyond the neighbourhood boundary

“…Methods such as ecological momentary assessment (Shiffman et al, 2008), could also further our understanding of linkages between the food environment and adolescent dietary behaviour. This technique, which has been successfully paired with accelerometer and GPS sampling in a study of exposure to nature (Doherty et al, 2014), signals participants to record or submit data at prompted random intervals as they go about daily life. In examining linkages between food environments and adolescent dietary intake, this approach would allow not only for the collection of location information but the social context and dietary behaviours associated with exposure to food environments.…”

Examining the relationship between recreation settings and experiences in Oulanka National Park – A spatial approach

“…The particular technique, called Experience Sampling Method (ESM), has been used to capture the multiphasic nature of the experience by asking the respondent to describe their experience at random times during the visit (see e.g. Borrie and Roggenbuck (1996) ;Doherty, Lemieux, and Canally (2014)). …”

“…which are often completed after the visit, we encourage exploring the use of technical devices, such as smart phones or GPS-devices for conducting the mapping during the visit (Doherty et al, 2014;Pettersson & Zillinger, 2011) as this, importantly, may well reduce recall biases. The study shows that PPGIS data, as well as social sciencebased data, can be conveniently combined with environmental data for assessing the relationship between setting characteristics and satisfaction in experiences.…”

The Role of Tourism Impacts on Cultural Ecosystem Services

“…Another area of investigation is how other types of ecological impacts (e.g., human recreation behaviors impacting wildlife, improper disposal of waste) beyond vegetation loss and social trails relate to affect [73]. Lastly, although we measured self-reported affective responses, examining physiological response in situ through ambulatory measures may further help define the cultural ecosystem services provided by protected areas [74][75][76].…”