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Expanding the toolbox: Assessing methods for local outdoor recreation planning
Highlights We compare methods for collecting data on current and potential recreational use. Local planners indicated best results for free listing and participatory mapping. Methods that require few resources have highest potential for adoption in planning. Technical skills required for social media data analysis currently prohibits use. Better communication of scientific methods and insights towards planners needed.
Abstract Growing demand for outdoor recreation puts pressure on highly-frequented peri-urban areas. In the Netherlands, a more equal distribution of recreationists has been proposed by the Dutch government to relieve pressure on overcrowded recreation hotspots. Devising landscape planning strategies that redirect recreation flows requires reliable data on areas that people currently use and what areas would also be suitable for recreation. Such data may not be available for local planners. The objective of this study was therefore to analyse how different data gathering methods can support local recreation planning. For an empirical case study in the Netherlands, we compare data on current and potential use of landscapes for outdoor recreation through participatory mapping, free listing, quantitative photo ranking, and analysis of social media data. Based on maps produced from these different data we interviewed local planners to assess how applicable and relevant the different methods are for planning practice. Local planners indicated they had limited knowledge of and access to scientific methods and insights. Their assessment of different methods suggests that some methods are not yet applied for local planning, such as free listing or participatory mapping. These methods have potential to be used for evidence-based planning, because they require few resources to be implemented. Planners also indicated that using social media data would be interesting, but that the skills required to collect and analyse data are typically not currently in place. Our results show the potential and challenges for research methods to be integrated into local planning practice to distribute recreation flows more effectively.
Expanding the toolbox: Assessing methods for local outdoor recreation planning
Highlights We compare methods for collecting data on current and potential recreational use. Local planners indicated best results for free listing and participatory mapping. Methods that require few resources have highest potential for adoption in planning. Technical skills required for social media data analysis currently prohibits use. Better communication of scientific methods and insights towards planners needed.
Abstract Growing demand for outdoor recreation puts pressure on highly-frequented peri-urban areas. In the Netherlands, a more equal distribution of recreationists has been proposed by the Dutch government to relieve pressure on overcrowded recreation hotspots. Devising landscape planning strategies that redirect recreation flows requires reliable data on areas that people currently use and what areas would also be suitable for recreation. Such data may not be available for local planners. The objective of this study was therefore to analyse how different data gathering methods can support local recreation planning. For an empirical case study in the Netherlands, we compare data on current and potential use of landscapes for outdoor recreation through participatory mapping, free listing, quantitative photo ranking, and analysis of social media data. Based on maps produced from these different data we interviewed local planners to assess how applicable and relevant the different methods are for planning practice. Local planners indicated they had limited knowledge of and access to scientific methods and insights. Their assessment of different methods suggests that some methods are not yet applied for local planning, such as free listing or participatory mapping. These methods have potential to be used for evidence-based planning, because they require few resources to be implemented. Planners also indicated that using social media data would be interesting, but that the skills required to collect and analyse data are typically not currently in place. Our results show the potential and challenges for research methods to be integrated into local planning practice to distribute recreation flows more effectively.
Expanding the toolbox: Assessing methods for local outdoor recreation planning
Komossa, Franziska (author) / Wartmann, Flurina M. (author) / Verburg, Peter H. (author)
2021-03-30
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Expanding the toolbox:Assessing methods for local outdoor recreation planning
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