Economics of the US national park system: Values, funding, and resource management challenges

M Walls - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The US national park system includes 423 sites covering more than 85 million acres of land
and some of the most iconic landscapes in the country. The parks host approximately 320 …

Disparities in city-wide park use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Atlanta, Georgia

J Fernandez, K Melcher, Y Song, S Rezaeimalek… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Access to parks is important for a population's mental, physical, and social health. The
importance of parks became even more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic when …

Exploring the Shared Use Pathway: A Review of the Design and Demand Estimation Approaches

B Kutela, S Das, IN Sener - Urban, Planning and Transport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Shared-use paths (SUPs) are rapidly growing in popularity worldwide as dedicated off-street
paths that are shared by non-motorists. SUPS are becoming popular for pedestrians, inline …

COVID-19's impact on visitation behavior to US national parks from communities of color: Evidence from mobile phone data

C Alba, B Pan, J Yin, WL Rice, P Mitra, MS Lin… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The widespread COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed many people's ways of life.
With the necessity of social distancing and lock downs across the United States, evidence …

Using cellular device location data to estimate visitation to public lands: Comparing device location data to US National Park Service's visitor use statistics

WL Tsai, NH Merrill, AC Neale, M Grupper - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Understanding human use of public lands is essential for management of natural and
cultural resources. However, compiling consistently reliable visitation data across large …

[HTML][HTML] Exclusionary effects of campsite allocation through reservations in US National Parks: Evidence from mobile device location data

WL Rice, JR Rushing, JM Thomsen… - Journal of park and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Campsites represent highly sought after recreational amenities in the national parks of the
United States. Equitable allocation of scarce recreational resources has long been a key …

Using Mobile Phone Data to Assess Socio-Economic Disparities in Unhealthy Food Reliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

C Alba, R An - Health Data Science, 2023 - spj.science.org
Background: Although COVID-19 has disproportionately affected socio-economically
vulnerable populations, research on its impact on socio-economic disparities in unhealthy …

COVID-19 pandemic and minority health disparities in New York City: A spatial and temporal perspective

R Li, Y Huang - … and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
New York City (NYC) was the epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic for a long time, and the
government introduced a city-wide lockdown policy to mitigate the spread of virus. Minority …

Characteristics of Parents Who Spent Time Away from Home During Stay-at-Home Orders and Relation to Parenting Behaviors in Ohio

B Freisthler, P Berezina, Y Ye, F Bah, B Ramesh… - Child & Youth Care …, 2024 - Springer
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home (SAH) orders were instituted to
limit geographic movement of the population and decrease the spread of the virus. Parents …

Understanding Travel Behavior Change during COVID-19 Using Spatio-temporal Cluster Analysis

M Choi, CS Hwang - 한국측량학회지, 2023 - dbpia.co.kr
As COVID-19 has been prevalent around the world in recent years, many studies about
monitoring and predicting the spread of disease have been conducted in various fields …