Kainzinger Silvia, Arnberger Arne, Burns Robert C
Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, Department of Spatial, Landscape and Infrastructure Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Recreation, Parks and Tourism Program, Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, West Virginia, USA.
Environ Manage. 2016 Nov;58(5):767-779. doi: 10.1007/s00267-016-0754-7. Epub 2016 Sep 6.
Whitewater boaters often choose a river based on their preferences for attributes important for their trip experience. This study explored whether preferences and tradeoffs of whitewater boaters for social, resource, and managerial attributes of riverscapes differ among a high and a low use river in the United States by employing a stated choice approach. River trip scenarios were displayed using verbal descriptions and computer-generated photographs. Results indicate that use levels were more important for boaters on the low use river, whereas river difficulty and river access fee was of higher importance for the high use river boaters, who are more involved in this whitewater activity. Preferences for waiting times and trip length did not differ between the samples. Findings suggest that whitewater boaters of high and low use rivers have a different tradeoff behavior among river setting attributes, which has implications for river recreation management.
白水漂流爱好者通常会根据对旅行体验重要的属性偏好来选择河流。本研究采用陈述性选择方法，探讨了美国一条高使用率河流和一条低使用率河流上，白水漂流爱好者对河景的社会、资源和管理属性的偏好及权衡是否存在差异。河流旅行场景通过文字描述和计算机生成的照片呈现。结果表明，使用率对低使用率河流上的漂流者更为重要，而河流难度和河流通行费对高使用率河流上的漂流者更为重要，这些漂流者更多地参与这项白水活动。样本之间对等待时间和旅行长度的偏好没有差异。研究结果表明，高使用率和低使用率河流上的白水漂流爱好者在河流环境属性之间具有不同的权衡行为，这对河流休闲管理具有启示意义。
