Analysis of Winter Recreation Demand for Outdoor City Recreation Planning in Cold and Snowy Region

Minority Participation in Outdoor Recreation

Outdoor Recreation Facilities in Natural Environments

Government and semi-government authorities in Australasia who own or control outdoor recreation facilities in natural environments are showing increasing interest in outdoor structures. Typical are national park authorities who have a range of facilities ranging from viewing platforms regularly subject to crowd loadings to rope crossings for streams on remote bushwalking tracks frequented by on...

Social capital in an outdoor recreation context.

This study examined social capital development in three all-terrain vehicles (ATV) clubs in Maine using an adapted version of Lin's (2001) social capital theory model. The structural components of social capital identified included collective assets and individual assets in the form of normative behavior and trust relationships. Also identified were counter-norms for individual ATV riders ident...

Environmental cues to UV radiation and personal sun protection in outdoor winter recreation.

OBJECTIVE To predict the prevalence of UV radiation (hereinafter, UV) at North American ski resorts using temporal, seasonal, altitudinal, and meteorological factors and associate UV with a set of adult sun protection behaviors. DESIGN Ultraviolet radiation observations and cross-sectional survey of adults on sun protection were collected. SETTING Data were collected at 32 high-altitude ski...

Does Zoning Winter Recreationists Reduce Recreation Conflict?

Parks and protected area managers use zoning to decrease interpersonal conflict between recreationists. Zoning, or segregation, of recreation-often by non-motorized and motorized activity-is designed to limit physical interaction while providing recreation opportunities to both groups. This article investigated the effectiveness of zoning to reduce recreation conflict in the Vail Pass Winter Re...