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	Author	Siikamäki, P.; Puhakka, R.; Cottrell, S.; Kangas, K.,
	Title	Nature tourists’ response to ecolabels in Oulanka PAN Park, Finland			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	101-102
	Keywords	MMV5, ecolabels, nature-based tourism, environmental awareness, sustainable tourism
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 62			Serial	2723
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	Author	Sijtsma, F.J.; Daams, M.; Van der Sluis, S.,
	Title	Nature on TV: deep interests on flat screens			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	258-259
	Keywords	MMV5, nature, experience, television, real visits, favorite sites, geography
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 118			Serial	2794
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	Author	Sijtsma, M.T.J.; Vaske, J.J.; Jacobs, M.H.,
	Title	Acceptability of lethal control of geese and deer that damage agriculture in the Netherlands			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	219-220
	Keywords	MMV5, wildlife value orientations, lethal control, human-wildlife conflict
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 248			Serial	2776
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	Author	Skov-Petersen, H.; Jensen, F.S.; Bredahl Jacobsen, J.,
	Title	Decisions made along the tracks in forests			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	112-114
	Keywords	MMV5, wayfinding, conjoint stated preference, agent-based models
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 38			Serial	2728
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	Author	Soliva, R.; Hunziker, M.,
	Title	Landscape scenarios for the Swiss Alps			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	323-324
	Keywords	MMV5, mountain agriculture, market liberalisation, wilderness development, landscape preferences
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 126			Serial	2820
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	Author	Stokowski, P.,
	Title	Social networks and visitor management: A review of land an agenda for future research			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	304-305
	Keywords	MMV5, social networks, social relationships, visitor management
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 188			Serial	2812
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	Author	Taczanowska, K.; Brandenburg, C.; Arnberger, A.; Tomek, H.; Muhar, A.,
	Title	GIS as a tool supporting understanding of visitor flows in recreational areas			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	124-127
	Keywords	MMV5, GIS, visitor flows, spatial analysis, spatial behaviour, nature-based tourism, recreation
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 224			Serial	2733
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	Author	Tapaninen, M.,
	Title	Sustainable tourism development strategy as a tool to improve destination management: case Oulanka National Park, Finland			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	168-169
	Keywords	MMV5, sustainability, nature-based tourism, limits of acceptable change (LAC), national park
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 28			Serial	2752
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	Author	Tempesta, T.,
	Title	The recreational value of urban parks in the Veneto Region (Italy)			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	236-237
	Keywords	MMV5, urban parks, recreation, contingent valuation
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 182			Serial	2784
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	Author	Thijs, J.J.,
	Title	Formulating a policy on public support for the Goois Natuurreservaat, the Netherlands			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	251-252
	Keywords	MMV5, public support, policy, cooperation, nature reserve
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 114			Serial	2791
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	Author	Tonge, J.; Moore, S.A.; Beckley, L.; Ryan, M.,
	Title	“Everybody’s happy” – place attachment and visitors to the Ningaloo Reef, north-western Australia			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	149-150
	Keywords	MMV5, place attachment, Ningaloo Marine Park, photo-elicitation, emotional motivation
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 162			Serial	2743
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	Author	Toyama, M.; Take, M.; Aikoh, T.; Kadekaru, T.; Terasaki, T.,
	Title	The frequency of scraping trees by kayaking in mangrove estuary in Okinawa, Japan			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	27-28
	Keywords	MMV5, kayaking, kayakers’ behavior, ecological impact, guided tour
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 274			Serial	2690
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	Author	Trampetti, S.; Buckley, R.,
	Title	Tourism and conservation on private land in taly			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	183-184
	Keywords	MMV5, protected area, biodiversity, landscape, management
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 150			Serial	2759
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	Author	Twardock, P.; Monz, C.; Smith, M.,
	Title	Assessing resource conditions and visitor preferences of backcountry campsites in Western Prince William Sound			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	105-106
	Keywords	MMV5, recreation ecology, campsite impacts, visitor preferences, Prince William Sound, Alaska
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 50			Serial	2725
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	Author	Tyrväinen, L.; Hasu, E.; Silvennoinen, H.,
	Title	Towards sustainable land use planning for tourism destinations: clients views about the tourism development in Finnish Lapland			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	199-200
	Keywords	MMV5, nature-based tourism, sustainable tourism, land-use planning, tourism services
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 142			Serial	2767
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	Author	Törnblom, J.; Angelstam, P.; Andersson, K.; Axelsson, R.,
	Title	Locals’ and tourists’ perceptions of forest landscape values: need for integrated landscape approach			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	139-140
	Keywords	MMV5, integrated landscape approach, governance, rural development
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 170			Serial	2739
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	Author	Ueda, H.; Nakajima, T.; Takayama, N.; Petrova, E.; Matsushima, H.; Furuya, K.; Aoki, Y.,
	Title	Ways of seeing the forest: landscape image sketches in Japan and Russia			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	141-143
	Keywords	MMV5, landscape image, forest, Japan, Russia, sketch drawing
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 168			Serial	2740
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	Author	Verbeek, D.H.P.; De Haan, J.,
	Title	Leisure activities in Dutch destinations			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	273-276
	Keywords	MMV5, visitor flows, leisure destinations, policy
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 198			Serial	2800
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	Author	Viganò, G.; Mottironi, C.; Antonioli, M.,
	Title	Managerial implications for the supply of tourism services in protected areas: an empirical analysis of the Italian case			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	179-180
	Keywords	MMV5, tourism services, management, protected areas
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 18			Serial	2757
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	Author	Vogt, L.,
	Title	Effective park tourism planning – nature, actors, institutions			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	185-186
	Keywords	MMV5, park tourism, competitiveness, actor-centred institutionalism
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 148			Serial	2760
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	Author	Von Ruschkowski, E.,
	Title	Integrating local community interests in large protected area management – challenges and opportunities			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	249-250
	Keywords	MMV5, National Park, Germany, local communities
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 112			Serial	2790
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	Author	Vukolov, V.; Woodward, D.,
	Title	Ecotourism expedition to the Ile-Alatau National Park			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	325-326
	Keywords	MMV5, ecotourism, Ile Alatau National Park, Northern Tyan-Shan, protected areas, Kazakhstan, Zailiiskiy Alatau
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 124			Serial	2821
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	Author	Wachowicz, M.; Maldonado, A.; Vazquez Hoehne, A.,
	Title	MovementMapper: the movement simulation of visitors in nature areas			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	134-135
	Keywords	MMV5, movement analysis, trajectory simulation, movement surface, recreational activity
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 232			Serial	2737
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	Author	Weber, D.; Brown, G.; Rose, L.; Zanon, D.,
	Title	Using Internet technology to map community values & develop management plans for the Victorian Alpine Parks, Australia			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	193-194
	Keywords	MMV5, public-participation, GIS, public engagement, Parks Victoria, wiki, blogs
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 154			Serial	2764
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	Author	Williams, D.; Champ, J.; Lundy, C.; Cole, D.,
	Title	Using visitor generated Internet content as a recreation monitoring tool			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	128-129
	Keywords	MMV5, discourse, visitor preferences, substitution, place attachment, meaning
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 222			Serial	2734
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	Author	Wirth, V.; Pröbstl, U.; Haider, W.,
	Title	Simulation of tourism strategies for alpine destinations			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	73-75
	Keywords	MMV5, destination choice, Alps, discrete choice, summer tourism, tourism strategies
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 72			Serial	2711
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	Author	Yuan, M.,
	Title	The relationship between stated choice for recreation experience preferences and revealed activity choice			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	115-116
	Keywords	MMV5, experience preference, activity participation, revealed choice, rural tourism
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 36			Serial	2729
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	Author	Zanon, D.; Curtis, J.,
	Title	Societal & park recreation trends in Victoria, Australia			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	107-108
	Keywords	MMV5, society, recreation, trends, parks
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 48			Serial	2726
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	Author	Ziener, K.,
	Title	Ideas for tourism-oriented public transport in national parks and biosphere reserve regions based on touristic nodes			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	155-156
	Keywords	MMV5, public transport, touristic nodes, national park, biosphere reserve
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 12			Serial	2746
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	Author	Zinn, H.; Mosimane, A.; Morais, D.,
	Title	Wildlife tourism, community-based natural resource management, wildlife value orientations, and quality-of-life indicators in indigenous Namibian villages			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	221-222
	Keywords	MMV5, community-based natural resource management, indigenous peoples, subjective well being, wildlife value orientations
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 246			Serial	2777
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	Author	Šakic, R.,
	Title	Education of school children in special nature reserve “Gornje Podunavlje” (Serbia)			Type
	Year	2010	Publication	Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 5 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	321-322
	Keywords	MMV5, protected area, school children, education, recreation, learning
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	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 128			Serial	2819
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	Author	Arnberger, A.; Haider, W.; Muhar, A.,
	Title	Social Carrying Capacity of an Urban Park in Vienna			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	361-368
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	The goal of this research was to investigate the social carrying capacity of an urban park in Vienna, Austria. We used a stated choice approach, combined with a referendum style conjoint model. Based on the hypothesis that the perception of crowding is influenced by several factors, digitally calibrated images were generated to depict in a systematic and rigorous manner different visitor numbers, user types, group sizes, the placement of visitors within the scene, numbers of dogs on or off leash, and the direction of visitor movement. The social carrying capacity was measured by asking each respondent whether the presented scenario was acceptable or not. Overall, visitor numbers, the placement of visitors within the image, and dogs being on or off a leash influenced the visitors’ decisions the most. The results of the binomial logit model can be used to simulate and calculate the visitor norms for many different situations; in other words, the referendum style conjoint approach delivers recreation norms within a truly multivariate investigative framework.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 286			Serial	2351
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	Author	Bambi, G.; Panero, V.,
	Title	A modern net of paths for every type of hiking: new possibilities in order to discover and to promote a protected area			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	325-329
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	The recreational and protected areas are increasingly undertaking a social function toward becoming a real destination for holidays and travel equal to famous tourist locations. In Italy this type of “green ecotourism” is spreading as an alternative type of tourism enabling it to repopulate the countryside and to exploit the history and culture of rural territories. To demonstrate how hiking in general can be a way to discover and to promote a protected rural area from the perspective of a tourist point of view, one of the most beautiful Italian areas has been examined, the Casentino Valley in Tuscany.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 316			Serial	2366
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	Author	Benkhard, B.,
	Title	Relations Between IUCN-Zoning And Tourism In The Hungarian National Parks			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	377-381
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	Within the 100.000 km² area of Hungary, which is located in Central Europe, 10% is protected. The National Park Directorates make an effort to suit the requirements of the IUCN and strive to develop a zoning system. However, the settling of the zones meet had to face many difficulties in this relatively small country, which also has dense regional structure. The extent and the fragmentation of the national parks, the position and threatening of their natural values and the previous utilization and naturalness of their area all influence the classification of the given area. Besides, attractions, tourist destinations and the areas which are used by tourists also have to be taken into consideration during the development of the zones. The aim of this poster is to analyse the role of the position, shape and rates of the zones and their connection with tourism.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 328			Serial	2372
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	Author	Bernet, P.,
	Title	Interaction between nature protection and leisure groups, an example of the largest protected area surrounding Lake Greifensee, canton Zurich, Switzerland			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	136-142
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	Lake Greifensee is surrounded by the most continuous environmental protection area (sanctuary) within the canton Zurich (Switzerland). The lake shelters many national swamps and other biotopes in distress. On beautiful summer days, however, you will find thousands of people spending their leisure time e.g., on mountain bikes, roller skates or swimming. In 1994 a new protection regulation became effective, which allows for intensive utilization and protection of the nature and separates diverse demands. With various measures sanctuaries and recreation areas are spatially separated, and the visitors are guided to keep them off the sanctuaries. During the entire year rangers inform visitors on the possibilities of nature observation, explain them where the recreation areas are located and remind them to keep off the sanctuaries. The number of violations such as trespassing of protected shores and sanctuaries continuously dropped thanks to the effective publicity and the presence of rangers. As a consequence, the vegetation is visibly recovering from the burden of trespassing. To further increase the awareness of the sanctuaries, it is, therefore, important that the rangers continue to regularly supervise the protected and recreational area and to inform and guide the visitors.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 387			Serial	2401
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	Author	Bodnár, R.,
	Title	The effect of the tourism of the Hortobágy National Park on the surrounding settlements – lesson of a questionnaire survey			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	382-385
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	The Puszta in the Hortobágy represents an important, individual natural and historical-cultural value, which has been deservedly possessed the rank of UNESCO World Heritage since 1999. Due to its speciality, in 1973 the first national park in Hungary, the Hortobágy National Park was founded here. In the course of the survey we examined how the Hortobágy National Park can utilize the World Heritage status in its tourism, how it utilizes the possibilities in its ecotourism. What effects does the tourism in the national park have on the economy, basic and tourist infrastructure, and society of the affected settlements? What characterizes the tourist supply and cooperation of the HNP and the settlements? What conflicts can be derived from the two sides, and what possibilities do they have to develop?
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 330			Serial	2373
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	Author	Cavens, D.; Gloor, C.; Nagel, K.; Lange, E.; Schmid, W.A.,
	Title	A Framework for Integrating Visual Quality Modelling within an Agent-Based Hiking Simulation for the Swiss Alps			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	70-77
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	While the visual qualities of a landscape are often key factors in attracting and retaining tourist visitors, they have been overlooked in recent simulation approaches to recreation modelling. While there has been a long history of modelling the visual quality of a landscape, particularly in forestry, due to computational restrictions these models have tended to be rather coarse and primarily suited for avoiding catastrophic impacts due to large-scale interventions in a landscape. However, the experience of the visual quality of a landscape for recreationists is much more subtle. Relatively small changes to spatial patterns and land use, when viewed cumulatively, can have a large impact on the attractiveness of a landscape for tourists. Methods for evaluating the changing visual quality of a landscape are invaluable for comprehensive long-term landscape planning. This paper describes a computational approach for integrating visual quality information into an agent-based simulation of summer hikers in the Swiss Alps. The benefits of microscopic modelling (where the activities of individual hikers are simulated) are combined with detailed 3D models to provide the possibility of a highly nuanced visual quality analysis of a recreational area. Using real-time computer graphics techniques, simulated agents interpret computer generated 3D images of what they 'see' as they move through the landscape. Various landscape metrics are calculated based on these representations, including visual quality indicators such as view composition, enclosure, and depth of view. These metrics are evaluated over the course of an agent's hike, and integrated with more traditional parameters (such as hike distance, steepness, congestion and availability of amenities) in an agent-based simulation. Unlike other raster based visual quality models, analyzing 3D representations allows the model to easily incorporate subtle screening effects, and allows the model to determine visibility from any location in the model. The technique allows for very detailed visual representations, and scales easily to include more detail as required by the analysis. Currently, the model represents terrain, vegetation communities, structures, path and road networks and information aids such as signage. The paper describes a working implementation of the technique, and discusses its advantages and limitations, including its substantial data requirements. The paper uses a specific case study in the Gstaad- Saanenland region of Switzerland to articulate how this integration of visual information within an agentbased simulation has advantages over more traditional methods of visual quality modelling.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 356			Serial	2386
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	Author	Clivaz, C.; Hausser, Y.; Michelet, J.,
	Title	Tourism monitoring system based on the concept of carrying capacity – The case of the regional natural park Pfyn-Finges (Switzerland)			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	230-235
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	The creation of regional natural parks offers the possibility of improving the economic situation of peripheral regions. However, the use of ecologically sensitive zones for tourism purposes also presents economic, environmental and social problems. The concept of carrying capacity is often presented as a useful approach for determining the intensity of tourism development that can be supported by a region. Our objective thus consisted in the operationalisation of this concept by defining a certain number of indicators to measure the different types of carrying capacity. However, the confrontation with the practical realities of the regional natural park Pfyn-Finges in Switzerland made us realise that what we intended to do was more a stylistic exercise than a setup of a management tool adapted to the needs of the park managers. We thus conclude that even though the concept of carrying capacity may have a high heuristic value, its practical value is rather limited.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 342			Serial	2379
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	Author	Cole, D.N.,
	Title	Monitoring and Management of Recreation in Protected Areas: the Contributions and Limitations of Science			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	10-17
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	Scientists assist protected area managers by developing information and knowledge that can be used to better monitor and manage recreation use and its impacts. Most recreation management decisions have both a descriptive and an evaluative component. There is widespread consensus that science is well suited to discovering, synthesizing and applying descriptive information. This paper provides an overview of some of the most significant contributions of science to visitor monitoring and management. It covers the related scientific purposes of explanation, causation, prediction and assessment. As scientific enquiry moves from description to evaluation, from facts to values, from providing statements of “what is” to providing statements of “what ought to be”, it ventures into more contested territory. While some advocate a substantial role for science in the establishment of normative standards about what ought to be, others believe science should be very cautious in this arena. Recreation examples, largely drawn from wilderness management in the United States, are provided.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 296			Serial	2356
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	Author	De Vries, S.; Jellema, A.; Goossen, M.,
	Title	FORVISITS: modelling visitor flows at a regional level			Type
	Year	2004	Publication	Policies, Methods and Tools for Visitor Management	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	MMV 2 - Proceedings	Issue		Pages	78-84
	Keywords	MMV2
	Abstract	The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) is trying to develop a coherent set of indicators to monitor nature areas in the Netherlands. One of the proposed indicators is the recreational use of nature areas. Besides indicating the social value of a specific area, recreational use may be also be used as input for modelling habitat quality, another MNP-indicator. Recreational use itself is likely to depend on the attractiveness of the area, such as its scenic beauty. This attractiveness is yet another MNPindicator. Because the MNP wants a national overview of the recreation use of all nature areas, on-site monitoring is not a feasible option. Therefore we have started to develop a model to predict the number of recreational visits to forests and nature areas: FORVISITS. Although the model is still in its early stages, a first nation-wide application has taken place and will be presented.
	Call Number	ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 358			Serial	2387
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