Evaluating the acceptability of recreation rationing policies used on rivers |
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Authors: | Thomas A Wikle |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 74078 Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA |
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Abstract: | Research shows that users and managers have different perceptions of acceptable policies that ration or limit recreational
use on rivers. The acceptability of seven rationing policies was evaluated using Thurstone's method of paired comparisons,
which provided a rank ordering of advance reservation, lottery, first-come/first-served, merit, priority for first time users,
zoning, and price. Chi-squared tests were used to determine if users and managers have significantly different levels of acceptability
for the policies. River users and managers were found to be significantly different according to their evaluation of advance
reservation, zoning, and merit. The results also indicated that river users collectively divide the policies into three categories
corresponding to high, moderate, and low levels of acceptability, while river managers divide the policies into two levels
corresponding to acceptable and unacceptable. |
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Keywords: | Rationing River recreation Recreation management |
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