Trends in the temporal distribution of park use

Robert E. Manning; Paula L. Cormier

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Trends in the temporal distribution of park use

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert E. Manning, Paula L. Cormier

Year:

1980

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: LaPage, Wilbur F., ed. Proceedings 1980 National Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-57. Vols. I and II. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station: 81-87.

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine trends in the temporal distribution of park use. Plots of daily attendance data trace changes in temporal use distributions over time. A use concentration index quantifies and reduces to a single numerical indicator the degree of unevenness of recreation attendance data. The percent of total annual use accounted for by selected time periods is also examined.

Parent Publication

Proceedings 1980 National Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium

Citation

Manning, Robert E.; Cormier, Paula L. 1980. Trends in the temporal distribution of park use. In: LaPage, Wilbur F., ed. Proceedings 1980 National Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-57. Vols. I and II. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station: 81-87.