[HTML][HTML] Recreational ecology: A review of research and gap analysis

D Sumanapala, ID Wolf - Environments, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recreational ecology is an internationally evolving research field addressing the high
demand for nature-based tourism and recreation, and its environmental impacts. This review …

Using crowd-sourced photos to assess seasonal patterns of visitor use in mountain-protected areas

C Walden-Schreiner, SD Rossi, A Barros, C Pickering… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Managing protected areas effectively requires information about patterns of visitor use, but
these data are often limited. We explore how geotagged photos on Flickr, a popular photo …

Contributions of people with disabilities to the research on the intellectual structure of the hospitality and tourism literature

YYJ Liu, MA Koseoglu, AKF Wong, SS Kim - Journal of Hospitality and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study attempts to identify the role of research related to people with disabilities in the
intellectual structure of the hospitality and tourism (H&T) literature through bibliometric …

Going off trails: How dispersed visitor use affects alpine vegetation

A Barros, V Aschero, A Mazzolari, LA Cavieres… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mountain protected areas provide a range of ecosystem services including conserving
biodiversity, while often providing recreation and tourism opportunities. Unfortunately …

Degradation of a protected mountain area by tourist traffic: case study of the Tatra National Park, Poland

J Fidelus-Orzechowska, E Gorczyca… - Journal of Mountain …, 2021 - Springer
Mountain protected areas are characterized by high biodiversity, which makes it a great
challenge for managers to maintain a balance between their use and the stability of natural …

How networks of informal trails cause landscape level damage to vegetation

A Barros, C Marina Pickering - Environmental Management, 2017 - Springer
When visitors are not constrained to remain on formal trails, informal trail networks can
develop and damage plant communities in protected areas. These networks can form in …

Waste management outlook for mountain regions: Sources and solutions

L Semernya, A Ramola, B Alfthan… - Waste Management & …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Following the release of the global waste management outlook in 2015, the United Nations
Environment Programme (UN Environment), through its International Environmental …

Recreational use of protected areas: spatiotemporal insights from the Wikiloc mobile app

J Costa, A Gomes, M Stokes… - Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Managing the rising number of visitors to protected areas (PAs) without compromising their
environmental goals is a critical challenge that requires a complete understanding of how …