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The Visual Decision Making Process As A Technique For Redistributing Outdoor Recreation Use, Martha Gail Hahn
The Visual Decision Making Process As A Technique For Redistributing Outdoor Recreation Use, Martha Gail Hahn
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The demand for recreation on public lands has been growing steadily, resulting in undesirable impacts on certain resources as well as recreation experiences. The problem addressed by this research is the uneven distribution of recreational use that causes a concentration of impacts. This thesis describes the development and testing of a method to reduce the uneven/concentrated recreation use occurring on the public lands.
The basic objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of redistributing recreationists by the use of photographs and a decisional process using photographic information and to identify its potential as a tool in meeting management …