Sustainable recreational trail design from the recreational opportunity spectrum and trail user perception: a case study of the Seven Hanging Valleys

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Goda Lukoseviciute ◽  
Luís Nobre Pereira ◽  
Thomas Panagopoulos
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-341
Author(s):  
Ulfa Auliyah ◽  
M. Nawawiy Loebis

Space cannot be separated from human life, both psychologically emotional (perception) and dimensional. Humans are moving and living, thinking, and also creating space to express the shape of their world and formed when people react to the environment in giving meaning to their environment. It can be said that environmental evaluation, furthermore, is a response to the overall influence of a detailed analysis of specific aspects, and more of a compared to the manifest function and is strongly influenced by images. This paper explains the results of the study, which intends to find out student perceptions of the meaning of space in the Architectural building of the Faculty of Engineering, University of North Sumatra. The study uses data analysis methods. The results of the study show that students' perceptions of space use are not by the allocation of the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of North Sumatra, because it is influenced by culture, space settings, and accessibility. The benefits of this study as a reference to the Department of Architecture of the University of North Sumatra to be able to improve the quality of teaching and to learn in supporting the comfort of student learning.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Irwin Pratama Putra ◽  
Indira Irawati

This study discusses whether the reference service owned by the Universitas Indonesia (UI) Library can be used as a representation of other college libraries. This representation can be seen based on user perception in the University of Indonesia Library of the reference service and also seen from the strategy undertaken by the University of Indonesia Library in improving the quality of their reference service. This research is a qualitative research using case study method. The results of this study indicate that the reference service Library University of Indonesia can be used as a representation of the library of universities, because the University of Indonesia Library managed to make their reference services become more active and more innovative by bringing various innovations in it to get closer to the user. In addition, users also express their opinions regarding reference services in the University of Indonesia Library, this will further strengthen the purpose of this research is a reference service as a representation of the University of Indonesia Library. It is expected that with the innovation made by UI Library to its reference service will make the reference service become the representation of the library itself especially from the user side, because the representation of the reference service is very important to realize the main purpose of university in Indonesia known as Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi is education, research and community service.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 915-931
Author(s):  
Ben Egliston

This article develops the concept of ‘surveillance technicity’ – drawn out of a reading of the notion of ‘surveillance capitalism’ alongside Stiegler’s account of mediated (temporal) perception – to think about how modern software interfaces capture and circulate data to do with user activity in order to condition user perception and behaviour in commercially desirable ways. In this article, I focus on an original case study of data analytics tools in videogames. I concentrate on the case of DotaPlus, an analytics tool for the popular multiplayer game Dota 2, arguing that positive gameplay experiences – or affective states – are shaped through the capture and relay of different forms of player data, yielded through various modes of surveillance. To think through the different temporalising effects of DotaPlus, and the mediation of different kinds of affective states, this article focuses on three distinct sites of surveillance: (1) self-surveillance, (2) lateral surveillance and (3) machine surveillance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 3532-3544
Author(s):  
Jay Panchal ◽  
Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar ◽  
V.Vinayaka Ram ◽  
Debasis Basu
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2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anahita Davoodi ◽  
Peter Johansson ◽  
Myriam Aries

Abstract The EBD-SIM (evidence-based design, simulation) framework is a conceptual framework developed to integrate the use of lighting simulation in the EBD process to provide a holistic performance evaluation method. A real-time case study, executed in a fully operational office building, is used to demonstrate the framework’s performance. The case study focused on visual comfort analysis. The objective is to demonstrate the applicability of the developed EBD-SIM framework using correlations between current visual comfort metrics and actual human perception as evaluation criteria. The data were collected via simulation for visual comfort analysis and via questionnaires for instantaneous and annual visual comfort perception. The study showed that for user perception, the most crucial factor for visual comfort is the amount of light on a task area, and simple metrics such as Eh-room and Eh-task had a higher correlation with perceived visual comfort than complex performance metrics such as Daylight Autonomy (DA). To improve the design process, the study suggests that, among other things, post-occupancy evaluations (POEs) should be conducted more frequently to obtain better insight into user perception of daylight and subsequently use new evidence to further improve the design of the EBD-SIM model.


Author(s):  
RAID AL-AOMAR ◽  
FIKRI DWEIRI

This paper describes a web-based Decision Agent (DA) that provides a customer-oriented approach for selecting products in online orders. The proposed approach is focused on enhancing the front-end of company's business portal by segmenting prospective online customers and directing them to use decision modules that improve user perception in terms of effort, accuracy, and acceptance. The user's Consistency Ratio (CR) in evaluating the attributes of online products is used to categorize prospected users and to direct them to proceed with one of three decision modules, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART), and Direct Scaling Method (DSM). The proposed approach is applied to an online cellular phone selection case study. Experimental results showed the fit of assigned decision modules to customer classes where users made smart phone selections with less effort and higher reported convenience and satisfaction. The approach can be tailored for other online products and can be integrated into the websites of producers and online stores in a wide range of business applications.


Author(s):  
Luis Henrique Souza ◽  
Marcus Vinicius Noronha-Oliveira

As Áreas Naturais Protegidas (ANP´s) apresentam vocações singulares para a prática do ecoturismo, suscitando a dialética entre as funções intrínsecas e utilitárias destes territórios e revelando preocupações com a conservação do acervo biótico e abiótico e com a sensibilidade do tecido social local. Em função dos impactos negativos provocados pelo turismo e a necessidade de estabelecer instrumentos que viabilizem na prática as premissas da sustentabilidade, advoga-se uma maior relevância quanto à aplicação de modelos de gestão do turismo em ANP’s. Neste sentido, o presente artigo realiza uma abordagem que aproxima a oferta de atrativos das ANP´s com diferentes perfis da demanda ecoturística, com o objetivo de apresentar uma proposta de Zoneamento turístico, tendo como estudo de caso o Parque Nacional da Serra de Itabaiana (PARNASI) no estado de Sergipe. Para tanto, utilizou-se uma metodologia de estudo descritivo, mediante a coleta de dados por entrevista e observação direta, além de pesquisa documental. A literatura apresenta diversas tipologias de perfis de ecoturistas e neste trabalho serão detalhados os estudos de Fernie que classificam a demanda ecoturística em Eco-Especialistas, Eco-Intermediários e Eco-Generalistas. Para estabelecer a correlação entre as atividades preferenciais destes perfis e Zoneamento turístico, foi utilizado o modelo ROS (Recreational Opportunity Spectrum). Encontram-se no PARNASI um conjunto de atrativos e infraestruturas, em Zonas específicas, que podem ser direcionados para perfis específicos como o Eco-Generalista, Eco-Intermediário e o Eco-Especialista e suas respectivas motivações para distintas atividades como picnics, contemplação, educação ambiental, caminhadas, esportes radicais, etc. Os resultados mostram o contributo potencial das estratégias de Zoneamento turístico para a conservação e melhoria da experiência turística, através da conciliação entre o perfil do ecoturista e a oferta de atrativos naturais das ANP´s. ABSTRACT The Protected Natural Areas (PNA's) have singular vocation for ecotourism, highlighting the dialectic between intrinsic and utilitarian functions of these territories and revealing concerns about the conservation of the biotic and abiotic collection in addition to the sensibilities associated to the social tissue from the autochthonous communities. Due to the negative impacts caused by tourism and the need for tools that put in practice the premises of sustainability, it´s important to defend a greatest relevance about the application of management models for tourism in PNA`s. In this sense, this paper develops an approach that converge the attractive offer from PNA`s with different profiles of ecotourism demand, with the aim to present a proposed tourist Zoning, as a case study with the National Park Serra de Itabaiana (PARNASI) in the state of Sergipe. For this purpose, we used a descriptive study methodology, data collection through interviews and direct observation, and also documentary research. The literature presents various types of ecotourist profiles and this work will detail the Fernie`s studies which ranks ecotourism demand in Eco-Experts, Eco-intermediates and Eco-generalists. To establish the correlation between the preferred activities of these profiles and tourist Zoning, it was used the Recreational Opportunity Spectrum (ROS). It´s found at PARNASI a set of attractive and infrastructure in specific areas, which can be targeted to specific profiles such as Eco-Generalist, Eco-Intermediate and Eco-Expert and their motivations for different activities as picnics, contemplation, environmental education, treckings, sports, etc. The results show the potential contribution of tourism Zoning strategies for the conservation and improvement of the tourism experience, through conciliation between the profile of the ecotourist demand with the supply of natural attractions of the NPA. Keywords: Protected Natural Areas; Tourist Zoning; Ecotourist demand profile


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