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Personal norms and the adoption of pro-environmental binning behaviour in national parks: an integrated structural model approach

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020
A pro-environmental behaviour to solve the problem of litter management in the national parks is binning. This study is the first to explore the factors affecting an individual’s binning behaviour in the context of a national park.
Kourosh Esfandiar, R. Dowling, J. Pearce, Edmund Goh   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Using social media to estimate visitor provenance and patterns of recreation in Germany's national parks.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2020
Social media data are increasingly utilised as a low-cost alternative to visitor surveys in characterising nature-based recreation. However, the information available on individual users is limited and typically does not include provenance, restricting ...
Michael Sinclair, M. Mayer, M. Woltering, A. Ghermandi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Using geotagged photographs and GPS tracks from social networks to analyse visitor behaviour in national parks

Current Issues in Tourism, 2020
This article explores the potential of geotagged data from social networks to analyse visitors’ behaviour in national parks, taking the Teide National Park as a study area. Given its unique landscape and characteristics, plus the fact that it is the most
Carolina Barros, Borja Moya-Gómez, Javier Gutiérrez   +2 more
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Ungulate management in European national parks: Why a more integrated European policy is needed.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2020
1. Primary objectives of national parks usually include both, the protection of natural processes and species conservation. When these objectives conflict, as occurs because of the cascading effects of large mammals (i.e., ungulates and large carnivores)
Suzanne T. S. van Beeck Calkoen, Lisa Mühlbauer, H. Andrén, M. Apollonio, L. Balčiauskas, E. Belotti, J. Carranza, Jamie Cottam, F. Filli, Tsegaye T. Gatiso, David A. Hetherington, A. Karamanlidis, M. Krofel, H. Kuehl, J. Linnell, Jörg C Müller, J. Ozoliņš, J. Premier, N. Ranc, K. Schmidt, D. Zlatanova, M. Bachmann, C. Fonseca, Ovidiu Lonescu, M. Nyman, N. Šprem, P. Sunde, Margo Tannik, M. Heurich   +28 more
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National parks in China: Parks for people or for the nation?

Land Use Policy, 2019
In 2017, China announced its first policy framework for establishing a national park system, along with ten pilot national parks. Rather than viewing the announcement from a techno-bureaucratic perspective, this paper considers the politics of the ...
J. Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evidence and impact of climate change on South African national parks. Potential implications for tourism in the Kruger National Park

, 2020
The study investigates the evidence and impact of climate variability and climate change on the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The mixed methods research design was used as the strategy of inquiry, and both qualitative and quantitative data ...
K. Dube, G. Nhamo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Best practice principles for communicating safety messages in national parks

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2019
Effective communication of safety information for visitors to national parks and other protected areas is essential, particularly where the potential consequences of incidents are severe. Signs are often the primary communication tool for safety messages
R. Saunders, B. Weiler, P. Scherrer, H. Zeppel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forecasting campground demand in US national parks

Annals of Tourism Research, 2019
Camping has grown from a recreational activity to an emerging tourism sector. In America's national parks, this growth is amplified by increasing visitation and an occupancy limited by a mission to preserve the nation's natural wonders.
W. Rice, S. Park, B. Pan, P. Newman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Personal norms and pro-environmental binning behaviour of visitors in national parks: the development of a conceptual framework

Tourism Recreation Resarch, 2019
National park tourism is an increasing trend worldwide. Understanding national park visitors’ pro-environmental behaviour is crucial as sustainability is a vital issue in the nature-based tourism industry.
Kourosh Esfandiar, J. Pearce, R. Dowling
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nationals Park

2023
This chapter focuses on the perspectives of urban decision makers and examines Nationals Park in Washington, DC. The chapter details Washington's establishment in the 1790s and how its development has guided by a series of plans that have shaped, destroyed, and remade its fabric.
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