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Recreational maritime safety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Transport Safety Victoria cannot demonstrate that it is effectively and efficiently regulating marine safety, according to this audit. Overview Victoria’s recreational boating industry is important to our economy and to Victorians’ quality of life.

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The Impacts of Recreational Trail Infrastructure an Threatened Plant Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Globally, nature-based tourism and recreation is increasing. As a result there is more and more infrastructure provided to allow access to natural areas, including recreational trails used for popular activities such as mountain-biking and hiking.
Runkowski, Mark Albert Nadir Bryden
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pribaikalsky National Park: peculiarities of tourism management

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2013
The article reveals the historical factor that influenced the development of tourism infrastructure in Russian national parks. The borders of the recreational influence zone on the territory of the Pribaikalsky national park were defined with the use of ...
Andrei Bolshakov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where and how Tucsonans ride and implications for cycling infrastructure

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2022
Transportation planning focuses on access to destinations, getting from point A to B. Yet, cycling does more and creates a connection between the cyclist and movements during the journey.
Joseph Edward Iuliano
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Planning and managing rural recreational traffic flows: why the future can’t be more like the past [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The increasing popularity of rural tourism can cause traffic related problems at certain areas. Traffic congestion and parking problems are likely to occur as the infrastructure at these countryside destinations is seldom capable of dealing with the ...
de Vries, J.R.   +3 more
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What Kind of Recreational Infrastructure Encourages Forest Visits the Most? A Case Study of Poland [PDF]

open access: yes
In recent years, there has been a systematic return of humans to nature, the importance of the services and benefits provided by forests and other green spaces has increased, and thus the interest in recreational facilities that appear in forest areas ...
Emilia Janeczko   +6 more
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A Machine Vision‐Guided Microphysiological Platform With Automated Microfluidics Enables Longitudinal Biomarker Monitoring and Emulation of Translationally Relevant Exposure Scenarios

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A pneumatically actuated multi‐tissue microphysiological system is integrated with AI‐based machine vision and automatic sampling and replenishment systems. The platform allows for the emulation of translationally relevant long‐term pharmacokinetic exposure scenarios for multiple weeks while enabling longitudinal monitoring of response biomarkers ...
Jibbe Keulen   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Infrastructure and Recreational Potential of Tourist Routes of Rivers

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2014
Tourism exploring rivers became popular after restoration of independence of Lithuania. During the last decade there were many studies made, related to the development of inner water routes’ tourism: many districts created water tourism development strategies, many projects were made concerning development of infrastructure, recreational potential was ...
Laura Jankauskairė-Jurevičienė   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Spatial and temporal patterns of recreational use at Ningaloo Reef, north-western Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Worldwide, studies of recreational use at fine temporal and spatial scales within marine protected areas are rare, even though this knowledge is essential for successful management with respect to biodiversity conservation, resource allocation and ...
Smallwood, C.B.
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