Willingness to travel to avoid recreation conflicts in Danish forests

Bakhtiari, Fatemeh; Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl; Jensen, Frank Søndergaard

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2014.08.004

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“…The predominance of short trips was also noticed by Dinu et al [37] at the national level. Negative preference for long travel distance was also found by Dumitras [23] and Bakhtiari et al [38].…”

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Assessing Tourists’ Preferences for Recreational Trips in National and Natural Parks as a Premise for Long-Term Sustainable Management Plans

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Sustainable tourism management plans rely on relevant and consistent information about factors that can influence the decision to visit a protected area. This paper uses the choice experiment method to investigate tourists' preferences with regard to recreational trip characteristics in national and natural parks in Romania. An on-site survey questionnaire was administered to visitors. The multinomial logit model was employed to investigate the preference orderings of the identified groups of recreational users. Overall, results indicate that tourists gain benefits after visiting the parks. Main preference differences were found for information sources and location of campsites. Visitors who stated that the park was the main trip destination were willing to have access to more information sources, the marks on trails being insufficient. Camping is preferred only in organized places, expressing the concern for environmental protection. The results of this study have management implications, highlighting the importance of assessing tourists' preferences as a foundation for developing sustainable tourism strategies.

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Assessing Tourists’ Preferences for Recreational Trips in National and Natural Parks as a Premise for Long-Term Sustainable Management Plans

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“…As a consequence, forests closer to urban areas are found to be intensively used for recreation (DFNA 2002, Arnberger 2006). On the other hand, some forest visitors may also be trading off distance and go farther to avoid congestion effects and user conflicts (Bakhtiari et al 2014).…”

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The choice of forest site for recreation: A revealed preference analysis using spatial data

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Lundhede

Panduro³

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In this paper, we investigate the factors that can influence the site choice of recreation. Relevant attributes are identified by using spatial data analysis from a questionnaire asking people to indicate their most recent forest visits by pinpointing on a map. The main objectives of the study are 1) to examine the preferences of visitors for different forest attributes using data from actual visits and 2) to illustrate how many alternative sites needs to be considered for estimation in case of a large number of potential recreational sites. Estimation is performed using a conditional logit as well as a random parameter logit model. The variables that are found to affect the choice of forest location include: distance, forest area, tree species composition, forest density, availability of historical sites, terrain differences, and state ownership. Regarding the second research objective, we empirically show the possibility of getting consistent parameter estimates through random selection of alternatives. We find that increasing the number of alternatives increases consistency of parameter estimates.

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“…Research on the frequency of open space use varies according to city; however, with particular reference to the green belt, some findings have stressed that people do not actually use it to any significant extent (Barker, 2006;Bramley et al, 2004;Kühn, 2003;Pennington, 2002). The search for reasons for this phenomenon have not, to date, produced any satisfactory explanation, although it seems possible that time taken to access these spaces may be a critical issue, as well as the desired activity once there (Bakhtiari et al, 2014). More research is therefore needed, to clarify the levels of use and activities performed in green spaces embedded in these strategies, to determine the push and pull factors affecting the green space use and, potentially, to compare how different green space strategies reflect responses to this issue.…”

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Accessibility and use of peri-urban green space for inner-city dwellers: A comparative study

Žlender¹,

Thompson

2017

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Peri-urban landscape, space between the rural and urban setting, has generally been seen in planning practice as space in a transient state, likely to be developed in the future. However, research has shown that peri-urban green spaces have increasingly been used for recreational and leisure purposes by urban and rural dwellers. This study aims to explore whether, if urban dwellers' preferred green spaces are large peri-urban semi-natural areas, they will nonetheless be used only infrequently if the accessibility of these spaces is not swift. A questionnaire-based survey and focus groups were conducted to collect data from around 380 urban dwellers in two European cities of similar size but contrasting green space strategies, Ljubljana (green wedges strategy) and Edinburgh (green belt strategy). The results showed expected, strong cross-cultural preference for semi-natural landscapes (as opposed to formal parks and playing fields), such as woodlands, fields, waterways, etc. High appreciation and high use of green corridors was a more unexpected result. In addition, coastal landscapes appeared to be popular in Edinburgh and larger, peri-urban open spaces in Ljubljana. The frequency of visits to peri-urban spaces was considerably higher in Ljubljana, due to swift accessibility of the city's green wedges. In both cities, perceptions of distance to travel were the major barrier to frequent use of peri-urban green spaces. The findings suggest that green corridors enable enjoyable and easy access to semi-natural spaces in and around the city. This should be taken into account in future planning, as part of any wider green space strategies. Highlights-We analysed the use and accessibility of peri-urban green spaces in two, European cities-Cross-case preference for semi-natural landscapes and high use of green corridors-Perceptions of distance to travel were the main reason for infrequent visits-Green space strategies may affect the frequency of visits to peri-urban green spaces

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Willingness to travel to avoid recreation conflicts in Danish forests

Cited by 33 publications

References 49 publications

Assessing Tourists’ Preferences for Recreational Trips in National and Natural Parks as a Premise for Long-Term Sustainable Management Plans

Assessing Tourists’ Preferences for Recreational Trips in National and Natural Parks as a Premise for Long-Term Sustainable Management Plans

The choice of forest site for recreation: A revealed preference analysis using spatial data

Accessibility and use of peri-urban green space for inner-city dwellers: A comparative study

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