Development of a use estimation process at a metropolitan park district

Abstract

The need for a committed system to monitor and track visitation over time is increasingly recognized by agencies and organizations that must be responsive to staffing, budgeting, and relations with external stakeholders. This paper highlights a process that one metropolitan park agency uses to monitor visitation, discusses the role of validity and reliability in the establishment of a sustained counting system, and highlights some of the challenges and limitations inherent in estimating visitation with inductive loop counters.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the 2000 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Mowen, Andrew J. 2001. Development of a use estimation process at a metropolitan park district. In: Kyle, Gerard, comp., ed. 2001. Proceedings of the 2000 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-276. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 276-277