Managing Park Roads and Scenic Driving Using Indicators and Standards-Based Frameworks
Hallo JC and Manning RE. 2010. Managing Park Roads and Scenic Driving Using Indicators and Standards-Based Frameworks. Pages 339-357. In Carson D (ed). Drive Tourism: Trends and Emerging Markets. Taylor and Francis Group
"... Several conceptual frameworks have emerged to guide management of parks and outdoor recreation, and these are now beginning to be applied to park roads and scenic driving. These frameworks include Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) (Stankey, Cole, Lucas, Peterson, Frissell, & Washburne, 1985), Visitor Impact Management (VIM) (Graefe, Kuss, & Vaske, 1990), and Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) (NPS, 1997; Manning, 2001). Few substantive differences exist among these frameworks, and they all share a common set of basic procedures (manning, 2007). VERP is the framework currently used by the NPS to address management of recreation at units of the national park system (Manning, 2001). LAC is used by the U. S. Forest Service to manage recreation on national forest grasslands. VIM was developed by the National Parks Conservation Association for application to parks and protected areas (Graefe et al., 1990).This Chapter explores use of these frameworks for management of park roads and scenic driving. Case studies from popular NPS land units will be used to demonstrate the frameworks’ application. These land units include Acadia National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Denali National Park and Preserve." /STUDY LOCATIONS://MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Ocean Drive/
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Hallo, Jeffrey; Manning, Robert
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Carrying Capacity, Park Loop Road, Recreational Driving, Scenic Road, Simulation, Visitor Experience