Proceedings of the 2007 northeastern recreation research symposium

Abstract

Contains articles and posters presented at the 2007 northeastern recreation research symposium. Contents cover tourism marketing, fish and wildlife, place meaning, leisure and gender, recreation resource allocation, nature-based tourism, methods, leisure motives, outdoor recreation management, tourism impacts, outdoor recreation among specific populations, leisure constraints, environmental attitudes and values, leisure cognition, environmental education and experimental learning, wildland-urban interface issues, and attribute evaluation and preference.

Titles contained within Proceedings of the 2007 northeastern recreation research symposium

• Market segmentation using perceived constraints
• Anticipated educational outcomes: a case study of the outdoor recreation consortium experience
• An aging population: relationships between socio-demographics, motivations and participation
• Time allocation and cultural complexity: leisure time use across twelve cultures
• Toward a theory of partnership as context for a theory of leisure
• Factors that attract and repel visitation to urban recreation sites: a framework for research
• Running uphill: urbanization, conflict, and visitor use at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
• Men's wilderness experience and spirituality: further explorations
• Place meanings and critical issues in Grand Teton National Park
• Forest landscape assessment: the effects of pre-experience education on public perception of scenic beauty
• Residents' values and fuels management approaches
• Cultural and recreational centers: how they influence where housing is built
• The northeastern area's objectives and beliefs toward national forests and grasslands
• Destinations and accommodations--how linked are they from a customer's perspective?
• Sense of place along a scenic byway in Maine
• Exploring the effect of experience use history and place bonding on resource substitution
• Recreation-related values, attitudes, and beliefs of business owners in the Saranac Lakes region of New York State's Adirondack Park
• Forest fuels treatments for wildlife management: do local recreation users agree?
• Natural resources research and management issues: 2007
• Fishing for improvements: managing fishing by boat on New York City water supply reservoirs and lakes
• The effect of perceptions of support for autonomy, relatedness, and competence on interest in camp for adolescent girls
• The influence of gender on participation for nonresidential birdwatchers in New York State
• Comparative analysis of partnership behaviors in the National Park Service
• Travel trends in New England and the Northeast United States: updating post 9-11 trends
• Visitors' perceptions of tourism development in West Virginia
• The Massachusetts Community Preservation Act: factors influencing acceptance
• Public recreation and neighborhood sense of community: an exploration of a hypothesized relationship
• Questioning the continuum: specialization in rock climbing
• Modeling recreation participants' willingness to substitute using multi-attribute indicators
• An exploratory study of OHV riders in New York State: findings and implications for management
• Management of a river recreation resource: the Lower Kananaskis River--a case study
• Transcontinental wilderness survey: comparing perceptions between wilderness users in the eastern and western United States
• Analysis of strength-of-preference measures in dichotomous choice models
• A role for first-person science in recreation research
• Pilot testing a methodology to measure the marginal increase in economic impact of rural tourism sites
• Methodological innovations for measuring economic impacts of long-distance recreation trails
• Public attitudes about financing municipal recreation
• The effectiveness of a four-hour challenge course on leadership efficacy and work efficacy
• Environmental education as a catalyst for behavior change: a study of the effects of Coastwatch Magazine on subscriber environmental knowledge and behavior
• Understanding recreational events and restorative character at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Consideration of historical authenticity in heritage tourism planning and development
• Management perceptions of off-highway vehicle use on national forest system lands in Appalachia
• An exploration of self-efficacy as a motivation for rock climbing and its impact on frequency of climbs

Citation

LeBlanc, Cherie; Vogt, Christine, comps. 2008. Proceedings of the 2007 northeastern recreation research symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-23. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 310 p.