Monitoring recreational activities in urban forests using long-term video observation |
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| Authors: | Arnberger Arne; Eder Renate |
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| Institution: | Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Peter Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | Urban forest management needs information about the amount andkinds of recreation use, in particular about emerging recreationalactivities such as Nordic walking and winter bicycling. Between2003 and 2004, year-round use levels of recreational activitieswere investigated in a forest in Vienna using permanent time-lapsevideo recording and counts by human observers on sampling days.The amount of use, yearly, weekly and daily use patterns, aswell as the group size of the traditional activity groups werecompared with Nordic walking and winter bicycling to characterizethese activities and to better understand recreation use. Forall activity groups, the rates of participation varied significantlyacross most of the time dimensions, and the relationships betweenthe time of day and rates of participation were different forindividuals and groups. Nordic walkers displayed a temporaluse pattern similar to that of jogging with workday eveningand weekend morning use peaks, while winter bicycling was similarto bicycling activities with afternoon use peaks during snowyperiods. Nordic walking and winter bicycling activities addedto the multi-use character of the heavily used forest, but seemednot to increase the potential for user conflicts because ofthe current low participation rates and the Nordic walking group'savoidance of times of heavy use. |
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