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| Tekijä: | Wimpey, J.F. Marion, J.L. |
| Otsikko: | The influence of use, environmental and managerial factors on the width of recreational trails |
| Lehti: | Journal of Environmental Management
2010 : OCT, VOL. 91:10, p. 2028-2037 |
| Asiasana: | recreation tourism impact assessment |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | This article examines the relative influence of use, managerial and environmental factors on trail width, from a survey of all formal trails in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. A Trimble GPS was used to navigate to and collect data at sample points spaced at a 152,4 m interval across all National Park Service trails on Mount Desert Island. Regressions analyses focus on increasing the understanding of factors that have an influence on the width of formal hiking trails. ANOVA analyses demonstrate differences in trail width. Analyses are based on trail surface type and on the presence or absence of trail borders. A new approach that compares the intended widths to actual widths helps to look specifically at the avoidable and undesirable impacts associated with having a trail that is wider than intended. |
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