Journal Articles

Modelling visitor groups' intentions to displace from an urban trail: a combined stated preference and video monitoring approach

---

Depending on gender and activity, overcrowding and safety concerns may detract from urban green space use. Differences in use displacement intentions from a recreational trail in a forest in Vienna were investigated for male and female walkers as well as male and female dog-walkers (N = 425) using an image-based stated preference model. The trail scenarios were depicted as digitally calibrated images that systematically displayed combinations of levels of crowding with different mixes of user types and visitor behaviour. Visitors were asked whether the presented recreation scenario was so unacceptable that they would shift their use away from the presented trail. Hours and days of stated non-use of the recreation trail by various user groups are estimated by integrating the results of the behavioural model with annual visitation data. Use displacement intentions differed by gender and activity. High use levels were a greater concern for all respondents than very low use levels, particularly for female dog-walkers. However, only a small proportion of the recorded hours were heavily used. Safety concerns about very low use levels reduced the potential times of forest use for female walkers without a dog.

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Call Number

-

Publisher

United Kingdom : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group., 2010

Collation

-

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

09640568

Classification

-

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

Volume 53, Issue 6 September 2010 , pages 809 - 82

Subject(s)

Gender
Safety
Urban park management
Stated preference

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment