scholarly journals Examining the influence of indicator variables on crowding and visitor experience: A case study of the White Salmon River in Washington

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candace L. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Salmon River ◽  
Indicator Variables

Augmented reality application in visitor experiences in nature-based tourism.

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-130
Author(s):  
Azizul Hassan ◽  
Haywantee Ramkissoon
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Natural World ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Visitor Experiences ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Sundarbans

Abstract This chapter analyses the conceptual understanding of visitor experience in a nature-based tourism context with particular reference to augmented reality (AR) applications. Critical explanation is offered to outline the ways in which to apply AR in nature-based tourism settings. The Sundarbans forest in Bangladesh, where there was a devastating oil spill in the Sundarbans Natural World Heritage Site in 2014, is the case study example used in this chapter. The potential importance of AR as a tool to protect the forest's natural fragility is discussed and highlighted. Combining the real and virtual image of the forest is proposed in a management tool to mitigate tourists' negative impacts, protecting the resources for present and future generations and improving visitor experiences.

scholarly journals Interpretation in historic gardens: English Heritage perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Hristov ◽  
Nikola Naumov ◽  
Petia Petrova
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Contemporary Interpretation ◽  
Heritage Interpretation ◽  
English Heritage

PurposeThis paper aims to provide an exploratory investigation into contemporary interpretation methods used in historic gardens and their fundamental role in enhancing the visitor experience and sense of a place.Design/methodology/approachA series of semi-structured interviews (n= 65) with Wrest Park visitors – who had the opportunity to experience new interpretation methods provided on-site – have been carried out in an attempt to explore their sense of place through interpretation.FindingsThe research suggests that interpretation has a fundamental role to play in “telling the story” of historic gardens, with 92.5 per cent of the sample understanding elements of the place’s history, significance and evolution. The findings further suggest the presence of two distinct visitor typologies – history explorers and leisure seekers.Practical implicationsThe study provides implications for theory and practice and recommendations for historic garden practitioners.Originality/valueThe importance of conceptualising and operationalising interpretation in historic gardens has received relatively little attention across the extant body of heritage interpretation literature. English Heritage’s Wrest Park, which is amongst England’s most prominent historic gardens, is used as a case study.

scholarly journals The sociospatial factors of death: Analyzing effects of geospatially-distributed variables in a Bayesian mortality model for Hong Kong

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0247795
Author(s):  
Thayer Alshaabi ◽  
David R. Dewhurst ◽  
James P. Bagrow ◽  
Peter S. Dodds ◽  
Christopher M. Danforth
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Human Lifespan ◽  
Mortality Models ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Indicator Variables ◽  
Spatially Distributed

Human mortality is in part a function of multiple socioeconomic factors that differ both spatially and temporally. Adjusting for other covariates, the human lifespan is positively associated with household wealth. However, the extent to which mortality in a geographical region is a function of socioeconomic factors in both that region and its neighbors is unclear. There is also little information on the temporal components of this relationship. Using the districts of Hong Kong over multiple census years as a case study, we demonstrate that there are differences in how wealth indicator variables are associated with longevity in (a) areas that are affluent but neighbored by socially deprived districts versus (b) wealthy areas surrounded by similarly wealthy districts. We also show that the inclusion of spatially-distributed variables reduces uncertainty in mortality rate predictions in each census year when compared with a baseline model. Our results suggest that geographic mortality models should incorporate nonlocal information (e.g., spatial neighbors) to lower the variance of their mortality estimates, and point to a more in-depth analysis of sociospatial spillover effects on mortality rates.

Age-Segregated and Gated Retirement Communities in the Third Age: The Differential Contribution of Place — Community to Self-Actualization

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan J Townshend
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Indicator Variables ◽  
Residential Context ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Potential Contributor

The author focuses on the role of place-based community both in in-situ aging and in age-segregated (often gated and walled) retirement villages within cities as a potential contributor towards self-actualization. Elderly individuals in a case study in Calgary, Alberta, were measured on the short index of self actualization and a series of multivariate ‘structures’ of place — community associated with behavioral, cognitive, and affective features of community derived from a principal components analysis of community indicator variables. Self-actualization tendencies were not found to differ by residential context. Multiple regression models showed a similar overall contribution of all community structures to self-actualization in the different residential contexts, but different sets of community structures were identified as unique and significant predictors of self-actualization in the two residential settings. This differential impact may signal that a variety of forms and structures of person–environment congruence amongst the elderly yield similar psychological outcomes.

Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in the Salmon River Canyon of Idaho

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Birdsall ◽  
George P. Markin
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Centaurea Solstitialis ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Yellow Starthistle ◽  
Vegetation Monitoring ◽  
Salmon River ◽  
The Past ◽  
Insect Populations

AbstractYellow starthistle is an invasive, annual, spiny forb that, for the past 30 yr has been steadily advancing up the Salmon River Canyon in west central Idaho. In 1994, a decision was made to attempt to manage yellow starthistle by establishing a complex of biological control agents in a containment zone where the weed was most dense. Between 1995 and 1997, six species of seedhead-attacking insects were introduced and successfully established. By 1999, the insects had spread through the entire containment zone. Following this dispersal, a rapid buildup of insect populations occurred, and, since 2003, seed destruction has fluctuated around 90%. Vegetation monitoring plots, however, have shown no consistent decline in the overall population of yellow starthistle, indicating that the amount of seed produced is still sufficient to allow full replacement. However, county weed control personnel, who are responsible for surveying and destroying outlying populations of yellow starthistle beyond the containment zone, report that, during this period, the number of new, isolated pockets of yellow starthistle they are finding has dropped dramatically. This case study discusses how the biological control program partially met the objective of managing yellow starthistle by reducing the rate of advance of this weed in the Salmon River Canyon.

scholarly journals A Tentative Model for the Documentation and Monitoring of Historic Streets by Mobile Digital Application – A Case Study of Kunming Nanqiang Street

2015 ◽  
Vol II-5/W3 ◽  
pp. 415-419
Author(s):  
J. Shang ◽  
Q. L. Wu ◽  
J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Community Revitalization ◽  
Tentative Model ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Heritage Interpretation

Conservation planning for historic streets, where heritage preservation and the modernization of life converge, has been playing a fundamental role. As technology is increasingly changing every aspect of our contemporary life, conservation is also blessed with new opportunities, and how to enhance the effectiveness of the plans by means of emerging technological measures is a new question. Starting from the conservation of Kunming Nanqiang Historic Street, a tentative model for an integrated mobile application is proposed based considerations of the user demands from conservation planner, property manager, tenant and visitor. Tentative applications include heritage interpretation and presentation, enhanced visitor experience, and management system, which are to build up an innovative chain of “heritage research – management planning – digital support” for the purpose of community revitalization.

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