Parks and People: Managing Outdoor Recreation at Acadia National Park

Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Outdoor Recreation Research and Management 1 at Acadia National Park Charles Jacobi and Robert Manning PART I Indicators and Standards of Quality CHAPTER  17 Visitor Use of Acadia National Park Margaret Littlejohn CHAPTER  22 Standards of Quality in Parks and Outdoor Recreation Robert Manning, Charles Jacobi, William Valliere, and Ben Wang CHAPTER  30 Indicators and Standards of Quality for the Schoodic Peninsula James Bacon, Robert Manning, Steven Lawson, William Valliere, and Daniel Laven CHAPTER  41 Indicators and Standards of Quality for Trail and Campsite Conditions at Isle au Haut Jeffrey Marion CHAPTER  53 Indicators of Quality of the Visitor Experience on Ocean Drive Jeffrey Hallo and Robert Manning C O N T E N T S vi CHAPTER  69 Research to Guide Trail Management at Acadia National Park Kelly Goonan, Robert Manning, and William Valliere CHAPTER  79 Indicators and Standards of Quality across Space and Time Laura Anderson, Robert Manning, and William Valliere CHAPTER  90 Do Parks Make Good Neighbors? Community Residents’ Perceptions of Acadia National Park Robert Manning CHAPTER  94 Design and Assessment of Transportation Systems on Mount Desert Island Carole Zimmerman, John Daigle, and James Pol CHAPTER  100 Crowding in Parks and Outdoor Recreation Robert Manning, William Valliere, Ben Minteer, Ben Wang, and Charles Jacobi CHAPTER  109 Crowding, Conflict, and Coping in Outdoor Recreation Robert Manning and William Valliere CHAPTER  122 Use of Visual Research Methods to Measure Standards of Quality for Parks and Outdoor Recreation Robert Manning and Wayne Freimund CHAPTER  134 Alternative Measurement Approaches for Normative Standards of Crowding in Parks and Outdoor Recreation Robert Manning, William Valliere, Ben Wang, and Charles Jacobi CHAPTER  148 What’s Behind the Numbers? Qualitative Insights into Normative Research in Outdoor Recreation Robert Manning, Jennifer Morrissey, and Steven Lawson PART II Monitoring CHAPTER  165 Monitoring Recreation Visits to Acadia National Park Ken Hornback and Robert Manning CHAPTER  169 Design and Implementation of a Monitoring Program for the Carriage Roads Charles Jacobi CHAPTER  175 Computer Simulation Modeling as a Monitoring Tool for the Carriage Roads Ben Wang and Robert Manning CHAPTER  185 Monitoring and Assessing Trail Conditions at Acadia National Park Jeffrey Marion, Jeremy Wimpey, and Logan Park CHAPTER  196 Monitoring Visitor Impacts on Cadillac Mountain Using Remote Sensing Min Kim CHAPTER  202 Monitoring Parking Lot Conditions to Assess the Effectiveness of Alternative Transportation and Travel Information Technologies at Acadia National Park John Daigle and Carole Zimmerman PART III Management CHAPTER  215 Managing Visitor Impacts on Cadillac Mountain Logan Park, Robert Manning, Jeffrey Marion, Steven Lawson, and Charles Jacobi CHAPTER  240 Using Computer Simulation Modeling to Support Management of Social Carrying Capacity of Ocean Drive Jeffrey Hallo and Robert Manning C O N T E N T S vii C O N T E N T S viii CHAPTER  256 A Comparative Study of Tradeoffs among Trail Attributes at Acadia National Park Kerri Cahill, Jeffrey Marion, and Steven Lawson CHAPTER  267 A Stated-Choice Analysis of Visitor Preferences on Cadillac Mountain Steven Bullock and Steven Lawson CHAPTER  277 Assessing the Effectiveness of Intelligent Transportation System Technology to Manage Visitor Use at Acadia National Park John Daigle and Carole Zimmerman CHAPTER  287 An Experiment in Park Traffic Patterns on the Acadia National Park Loop Road Robert Manning Conclusion: Managing Parks and People 291 Robert Manning References Cited 309 Index 331 ...