Examining the Desirability for Recreating in Logged Settings

This study examines the impacts of logged settings on the opportunities for nature-based tourism and outdoor recreation. By employing the experience-based setting management model and developing a desirability scale for recreating in logged settings, comparisons were made between desirability for re...

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Published in:Society & natural resources 2000-12, Vol.13 (8), p.717-734
Main Author: Len Hunt, G. David Twynam, Wolfgang Haider, Dave Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
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Desirability Scale Experience-BASED Setting Management Logging Nature-BASED Tourism Outdoor Recreation Psychological Outcomes
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Summary:This study examines the impacts of logged settings on the opportunities for nature-based tourism and outdoor recreation. By employing the experience-based setting management model and developing a desirability scale for recreating in logged settings, comparisons were made between desirability for recreating in logged settings and activity interest, psychological outcome importance, and sociodemographic characteristics. Results from the desirability and activity interest analyses suggest that consumptive and motorized activities are well suited to areas with multiple use/integrated resource management. Conversely, promotion of many physically demanding nonconsumptive activities is better suited to areas spatially segregated from logging. Only a tenuous link between desirability for a logged setting and importance of psychological outcomes was found. Finally, individuals with greater desirability for logged settings were more likely to be older, married, retired or blue collar employed, rural individuals, with lower levels of formal education than other individuals.
ISSN:0894-1920
1521-0723
DOI:10.1080/089419200750035584