| Abstract: | Managers of protected areas are increasingly concerned with recreation impacts to the resource and how they should be managed. Impact management programs must be based on information about the severity and extent of impacts and how they are changing over time. This information need has generated considerable interest in the development of visitor impact assessment and monitoring (VIAM) systems. Over the past three decades VIAM systems have been implemented in various protected areas. This paper provides a historical review of VIAM systems and discusses the current areas of refinement in their methodology. Potential areas of future research are also outlined. |
| Genre: | Book chapter |
| ProdID: | 5211190 |
| Citation Author: | Leung, Y.-F.; Marion, J.L.; Cole, D.N. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Editor: | Bondrup-Nielsen, Soren (editor) |
| Citation End Page: | 220 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Managing protected areas in a changing world: proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, 14-19 May 2000 |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 1534 |
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| Citation Public Comments: | OCLC: 48686628 |
| Citation Publisher: | Science and Management of Protected Areas Association |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Visitor impact assessment and monitoring systems: Evolution and current development; 2002; Book chapter; Managing protected areas in a changing world: proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, 14-19 May 2000; Leung, Y.-F.; Marion, J.L.; Cole, D.N. |
| Citation Start Page: | 213 |
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| Citation Year: | 2002 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Visitor impact assessment and monitoring systems: Evolution and current development; 2002; Book chapter; Managing protected areas in a changing world: proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, 14-19 May 2000; Leung, Y.-F.; Marion, J.L.; Cole, D.N. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:23 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Science and Management of Protected Areas Association |
