An integrative concept for visitor monitoring in a heavily used conservation area in the vicinity of a large city: the Danube Floodplains National Park, Vienna

Abstract

The Danube Floodplains National Park, Vienna, Austria is used predominantly by the Viennese population for daily recreation purposes. Different methods were applied for the monitoring of visitor activities in the National Park (long-term video monitoring, short-term visitor observation, interviews and route registration). The results show that only a combination of monitoring and survey data obtained by various methods allows a thorough analysis of visitor activities as a basis for the ecologically and economically sustainable management of recreation and conservation areas.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Amberger, Arne; Brandenburg, Christiane; Muhar, Andreas. 2002. An integrative concept for visitor monitoring in a heavily used conservation area in the vicinity of a large city: the Danube Floodplains National Park, Vienna. In: Todd, Sharon, comp., ed. 2002. Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-289. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 195-201.