The Impact of Forest Usage and Accessibility on the Perceptions of its Users and Surrounding Residents

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作者
Blaise, Gloria C. [1 ]
Brown, Jeffrey A. [2 ]
Jordan, Rebecca C. [3 ]
Sorensen, Amanda E. [3 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Nat Resources & Environm, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
[2] Arizona State Univ, Global Inst Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
[3] Michigan State Univ, Dept Community Sustainabil, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
关键词
protected areas; conservation; public perceptions; PARKS; CONSERVATION; URBANIZATION; EXTINCTION; PEOPLES; AREAS;
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10.3390/urbansci4040079
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Forests provide valuable ecosystem services to individuals that live near them and visit them. However, many forests, especially in highly developed areas, are specifically managed for resource conservation purposes. A common practice for conservation is restricting access to people to ensure minimal human-driven harm. While the restriction of human access to a forest increases its biological ecosystem services, it limits its cultural services and may reduce the public's perceived value of the forest. To investigate how access influences the perceived value of a forest, two forests in the state of New Jersey, USA, were compared. The forests, the Rutgers Ecological Preserve (RUEP) and Hutcheson Memorial Forest (HMF), represent accessible and inaccessible forests respectively. The study reported here evaluated the effects of visitation and accessibility on public perception of both sites. Residents near the RUEP and HMF, and visitors of both sites, were surveyed (n = 48). The results of the surveys demonstrated that the frequency of visitation and community location can have noticeable influences on a number of variables, including one's belief that forests provide important services and the thought that protected areas take away from an individual's freedom to use the area. A more positive view of the forests was present in those who visited the public forest most often.
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