Subjects on the Improvement of Survey Methods for Monitoring and Managing Recreational Use in Recreational and Protected Areas

Abstract

This study reviewed previous finding of recreational use in recreational and protected area to improve the present methods for monitoring and managing recreational use and to select the technique to realize higher adaptability for each purpose of the survey. Survey methods could be classified according to the contents of the purpose. Each type of survey method was examined from points of conceptual adaptability for the purpose and expressiveness of the characteristics of recreational use. The points that required keeping some level of expressiveness were the followings: proper scale of time and space that responded to the object for the survey, the assessment of survey technique for processing information on recreational use, and determination of standard unit to maintain accuracy of the survey. We should have the investigation technique standardized to compare the data from different sites and to examine the data derived time series investigation.