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Article: Use of visual research methods to measure standards of quality for parks and outdoor recreation.
- Article from:
- Journal of Leisure Research
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
- Author:
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Introduction
Visual research methods have played an important role in environmental science and natural resource management for many years (Daniel & Boster, 1976; Ribe, 1989; Shuttleworth, 1980) and have been adapted for use in several dimensions of recreation-related research. For example, visual approaches have been used in studies assessing the aesthetic implications of forest harvesting and insect damage (Hollenhorst, Brock, Freimund, & Twery, 1993; McCool, Benson, & Ashor, 1986), the value of campground attributes (Daniel, Brown, King, Richards, & Stewart, 1989), litter impacts (Budruk & Manning, 2004; Heywood & Murdock, 2002), and recreation participation ...