US national parks accessibility and visitation

doi:10.1007/s11629-019-5379-x

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	US national parks accessibility and visitation
	Shen Xing-ju; Huang Rui-hong; Zhang Jin-shan
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
	2019
卷号	16 期号:12 页码:2894-2906
关键词	U S National Park Accessibility Visitation Distance decay GIS
ISSN号	1672-6316
DOI	10.1007/s11629-019-5379-x
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Accessibility is a factor affecting national park visitation. However, the effect of accessibility on national park visitation is not fully understood. This paper examines the relationship between U.S. national park visitation and accessibility. First, the global and local accessibility indexes of each park unit are computed based on an accessibility model that takes into account the surrounding population and its proximity to the park unit. Integrated in the model is a distance decay coefficient that is derived from U.S. national park visitor surveys and therefore pertinent to the case of study. Then correlation analysis is performed between park visitation and accessibility based on park types, regions, and visitation types. Results show that total visitation is positively related to accessibility in National Memorials, Military Parks and Battlefield Parks/Sites but negatively related to accessibility in national parks and national monuments. However, recreational overnight stay visits are commonly negatively correlated to accessibility for almost all park types. Moreover, local accessibility index displays enhanced correlation coefficients with improved significance levels in many categories of analysis. Results suggest that historical/cultural national parks which often show positive correlations tend to attract more local visitors, but nature-based parks which mainly show negative correlations tend to attract more distant visitors.
电子版国际标准刊号	1993-0321
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000502451800015
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/46639]
专题	Journal of Mountain Science_Journal of Mountain Science-2019_Vol16 No.12
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shen Xing-ju,Huang Rui-hong,Zhang Jin-shan. US national parks accessibility and visitation[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2019,16(12):2894-2906.
APA	Shen Xing-ju,Huang Rui-hong,&Zhang Jin-shan.(2019).US national parks accessibility and visitation.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,16(12),2894-2906.
MLA	Shen Xing-ju,et al."US national parks accessibility and visitation".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 16.12(2019):2894-2906.