public authorities should assess what recreational services can be offered citizens visitingaprotected natural area. therefore, the characterisation of visitors as well as the economic valuation of apark’srecreational use would allow the proposal of management strategies to satisfy visitors. for this purpose,410 surveys were taken of visitors to the calaresdelmundoandsimanatural park (spain). t...

In connection with the sustainable development of scenic spots, this paper, with consideration of resource conditions, economic benefits, auxiliary industry scale and ecological environment, establishes a comprehensive measurement model of the sustainable capacity of scenic spots; optimizes the index system by principal components analysis to extract principal components; assigns the weight of ...

Coastal areas globally are facing a significant range of environmental stresses, enhanced by climate change-related processes and continuous increase human activities. The economic benefits tourism well-known for coastal regions, but, very often, conflicts arise between short-term long-term conservation goals. Among beach user preferences, five parameters greater importance stand out from the r...

Finding a scenic route between two locations is a common trip planning task, in particular for tourists and recreational travelers. For the automated computation of a scenic route in a trip planning system it is necessary to identify which attributes of a route and its surroundings are associated with attractive scenery. This study uses a route choice model, more specifically a Path Size Logit ...

The public’s demand for more and better forest landscapes is increasing as scenic forest tours flourish in China, especially in the capital, Beijing. How to improve the quality of scenic forests has become one of the greatest concerns of urban foresters. Although numerous studies have focused on scenic forest management, to date, no reports have been found on developing a quality assessment ind...

A path of a graph is maximal if it is not a proper subpath of any other path of the graph. A graph is scenic if every maximal path of the graph is a maximum length path. In [4] we give a new proof of C. Thomassen's result characterizing all scenic graphs with Hamiltonian path. Using similar methods here we determine all scenic graphs with no Hamiltonian path.

Abstract Urban wetlands constitute an integral part of urban ecosystems. Unsurprisingly, wetland landscapes affect the frequency with which residents visit areas. Objectively evaluating beauty and exploring factors that influence their perceived can inform landscape design. This study selects three located in core, fringe, suburban areas Hangzhou, respectively: Xixi wetland, Tongjian Lake Qings...