Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Monitoring, Simulation and Management of Visitor Landscapes / Hans Skov-Petersen, Randy Gimblett -- Wayfinding And Prediction Of Behavior In Visitor Landscapes -- Chapter 2. What Visitors do in Recreational Landscapes: Using Categories of Affordances for Evaluation, Simulation and Landscape Design / Dennis Doxtater -- Chapter 3. Sensemaking Experiences on the Bardedjilidji Sandstone Track / Michael L. Steven -- Chapter 4. Keep an Eye on Nature Experiences: Implications for Management and Simulation / Birgit Elands, Ramona van Marwijk -- Monitoring Systems For Capturing Visitor Patterns of Use -- Chapter 5. Techniques for Spatial and Temporal Simulation Modeling: Evaluating both Macro and Micro Scales / Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia, Colin Arrowsmith -- Chapter 6. Simulation, Calibration and Validation of Recreational Agents in an Urban Park Environment / Daniel Loiterton, Ian Bishop -- Chapter 7. Applying Data from Automatic Visitor Counters to Agent-Based Models / Hans Skov-Petersen, Henrik Meilby, Frank Sondergaard Jensen -- Chapter 8. Probability of Visual Encounters / Hans Skov-Petersen, Bernhard Snizek -- Chapter 9. Exploring Spatial Behavior of Individual Visitors as Background for Agent-Based Simulation / Karolina Taczanowska, Andreas Muhar, Arne Arnberger -- Computer Simulation And Management of Visitor Landscapes -- Chapter 10. Measuring, Monitoring and Managing Visitor Use in Parks and Protected Areas Using Computer-Based Simulation Modeling / Steven R. Lawson, Jeffrey C. Hallo, Robert E. Manning -- Chapter 11. Choice models: Estimation, Evolution, Limitations and Potential Application for Simulation Modeling / Len M. Hunt -- Chapter 12. Modeling Indigenous Cultural Change in Protected Areas / Laura Sinay, Carl Smith, Bill Carter -- Chapter 13. Agent-based Modelling: Views from the Management Perspective / Ulrike Probstl, Peter Visschedijk, Hans Skov-Petersen -- Chapter 14. Linking Ecological and Recreation Models for Management and Planning / Rogier Pouwels, Claire Vos, Paul Opdam -- Chapter 15. MASOOR: Modeling the Transaction of People and Environment on Dense Trail Networks in Natural Resource Settings / Rene Jochem, Ramona van Marwijk, Rogier Pouwel, David Pitt -- Chapter 16. Applying Agent-Based Modeling for Simulating Spring Black Bear Hunting Activities in Prince William Sound, Alaska / Spencer Lace, Randy Gimblett, Aaron Poe, Dave Crowley -- Chapter 17. Balancing Increased Visitor Use and Wilderness Character using Simulation Modeling in Misty Fjords National Monument / Rachel Nelson, Chris Sharp, Chris Prew, Randy Gimblett -- Chapter 18. Level of Sustainable Activity: Moving Visitor Simulation from Description to Management for an Urban Waterway in Australia / Robert Itami -- Chapter 19. Monitoring and Simulating Recreation and Subsistence Use in Prince William Sound, Alaska / Phillip Wolf, Randy Gimblett, Laura Kennedy, Robert Itami, Brian Garber-Yonts -- Chapter 20. Assessing the Reliability of Computer Simulation for Modeling Low Use Visitor Landscapes / Brett Kiser, Steven Lawson, Robert Itami -- Chapter 21. Replication, Reliability and Sampling Issues in Spatial Simulation Modeling: A Case Study Exploring Patterns of Human Visitation in Canada's Mountain Parks / Robert Itami, Randy Gimblett, Fraak Grigel, Darrel Zelland, David McVetty -- Conclusions and perspectives -- Chapter 22. What Can Been Learned from Multi-Agent System Modeling? / Danielle J. Marceau -- Chapter 23. Conclusion: Monitoring, Simulation and Management of Visitor Landscapes / Randy Gimblett, Hans Skov-Petersen -- List of Contributors -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Conventional methods used in the planning and management of human-landscape interactions fall far short of the needs of today's land management professionals. Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes presents a growing body of applied research that provides decision makers with tools to maintain the ecological integrity of public places by evaluating the impacts of humans in various landscapes across space and time. This timely volume, available in both print and electronic editions, presents the latest research in this field, specifically focusing on the intersection of research and applied techniques. The contributors examine environmental management from around the world, including river traffic analysis in Melbourne, Australia; wilderness solitude and land use in the backcountry recreation areas of North America; the spatial modeling of visitor behavior at recreational areas near Vienna, Austria; the application of visibility studies and data from automatic visitor counters to simulation models in Denmark; and the integration of recreation and biodiversity in high-use environments in the Netherlands. This invaluable reference will help land managers and policy makers construct strategies for evaluating interactions between humans and the environment and expand the model of land management to include social and geographic, as well as environmental, factors. Contributor Bio:  Gimblett, Randy Randy Gimblet is a professor at the University of Arizona in the School of Natural Resources and editor of Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent Based Modeling Techniques for Simulating Social and Ecological Processes. Contributor Bio:  Skov-Peterson, Hans Hans Skov-Petersen is a senior researcher in the department of Urban and Landscape Studies at Copenhagenas Forest and Landscape Denmark.