Human Ecology Research And Management Suggestions For The Virgin Islands National Park And Buck Island Reef National Monument -- A Plan For Anticipating The 1990s And Beyond [REVIEW DRAFT]
Burch WR. 1987. Human Ecology Research And Management Suggestions For The Virgin Islands National Park And Buck Island Reef National Monument -- A Plan For Anticipating The 1990s And Beyond [REVIEW DRAFT]
Report on the management of human use of Virgin Islands National Park and Buck Island National Monument based on a survey of reports, interviews with park staff and observations at 17 sites in the park. Includes 5 sections: The scientific limits to establishing wildland carrying capacity and the management opportunities for establishing a spectrum of choice (talks about using professional experience and judgment rather than carrying capacity figures for making management decisions); recreation opportunity spectrum as a VINP management strategy -- some suggestions (looking at diversity in recreation experience to meet individual preferences and needs); Inventory, market and behavioral studies to develop and monitor "Limits of acceptable change" in VI Park units (focusing on keeping the type and rate of change in check); the Biosphere Reserve and West Indian practices and hopes; the impact of demographic transition ad real estate speculation.