Exploring the structure and development of management prescriptions for public lands
Cahill KL. 2003. Exploring the structure and development of management prescriptions for public lands. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univiersity, Blacksburg, Virginia
This research identifies and addresses the need to explore opportunities for additional guidance on the development of management prescriptions. Following portions of abstract: 'The first two papers report the results of a visitor preference study, using the stated choice method, conducted in Acadia National Park. The purpose of the forst paper is to identify visitor preferences for tradeoffs among social, resource and related management conditions of the recreation setting. The purpose of the second paper is to identify differences among visitor preferences for social, resource and management conditions in various recreation settings. By considering the integrative nature of these attributes and the relative importance to visitors across recreation settings, the definition of management prescriptions can be better informed. To further investigate the results of the stated choice method and ensure the validity of the data, a verbal protocol assessment was applied to a sample of the stated choice survey respondents.' /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Cahill, Kerri
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univiersity, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Carrying Capacity, Forestry., Landscape (Natural), Mount Desert Island, National Park Service Planning, Public Lands Planning, thesis, Visitor capacity, Visitors, Vistas