Using Computer Simulation Modeling to Monitor the Multiple Dimensions of Wilderness Solitude in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Kiser BC, Lawson SR, Itami RM. 2006. Using Computer Simulation Modeling to Monitor the Multiple Dimensions of Wilderness Solitude in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Pages 309-310. In Siegrist D, Clivaz C, Hunziker M, Iten S (ed): Exploring the Nature of Management. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas.. Rapperswil, Switzerland. 13-27 September, 2006. University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, Switzerland
This paper will provide insight into the reliability and validity of computer simulation model estimates of multiple dimensions of inter-group encounters in a backcountry recreation setting. This information will improve park managers’ ability to assess the extent to which visitors have opportunities to experience wilderness solitude in the parks’ backcountry and proposed wilderness.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Kiser, Brett; Lawson, Steven; Itami, Robert
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Backcountry, Computer simulation, GRSM-00393, Monitoring, Wilderness, wilderness solitude
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Visitor and Recreation Use | Visitor Use