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Using crowd-sourced photos to assess seasonal patterns of visitor use in mountain-protected areas.
Walden-Schreiner, Chelsey; Rossi, Sebastian Dario; Barros, Agustina; Pickering, Catherine; Leung, Yu-Fai.
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  • Walden-Schreiner C; College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, CB 7106, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. cwalden1650@gmail.com.
  • Rossi SD; Desertification and Land Management Laboratory (LaDyOT), CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.
  • Barros A; Instituto, Argentino de Nivología y Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT) CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.
  • Pickering C; Griffith School of Environment, Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia.
  • Leung YF; Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, CB 7106, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Ambio ; 47(7): 781-793, 2018 Nov.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29435731
Managing protected areas effectively requires information about patterns of visitor use, but these data are often limited. We explore how geotagged photos on Flickr, a popular photo-sharing social-media site, can generate hotspot maps and distribution models of temporal and spatial patterns of use in two mountain-protected areas of high conservation value. In Aconcagua Provincial Park (Argentina), two routes to the summit of Aconcagua were used in summer, but most visitors stayed close to the main road, using formal and informal walking trails and the Visitor Centre, while in winter, there was very limited visitation. In Kosciuszko National Park (Australia), alpine walking trails were popular in summer, but in winter, most visitors stayed in the lower altitude ski resorts and ski trails. Results demonstrate the usefulness of social-media data alone as well as a complement for visitor monitoring, providing spatial and temporal information for site-specific and park-level management of visitors and potential impacts in conservation areas.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estações do Ano / Viagem / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais / Crowdsourcing / Parques Recreativos Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Argentina / Oceania Idioma: En Revista: Ambio Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Suécia

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estações do Ano / Viagem / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais / Crowdsourcing / Parques Recreativos Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Argentina / Oceania Idioma: En Revista: Ambio Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Suécia