Protected areas (PAs) provide many important recreational, social, and economic benefits
that are largely dependent on their ability to sustain visitation. Trail networks are a critical …

Resource and experiential impacts associated with visitation to wilderness and other similar
backcountry settings have long been addressed by land managers under the context of …

Trails and routes have been indispensable to travel and tourism over the centuries, helping
to form the basis of mobility patterns of the past and the present. This book is the first to …

Nature-based tourism in the fragile Arctic environments is emerging as a major
environmental concern, mainly due to extreme seasonality in these locations, the lack of …

Understanding space in parks and protected areas is becoming more important as
recreation and other uses in these areas change and increase. Spatial demand and space …

Recreational trails are a vital element of protected natural areas (PNAs) infrastructure, which
enables visitors to travel through and engage in various activities such as hiking, biking …

One of the most important tasks for managers of many natural protected areas is achieving a
balance between conservation of nature and recreational opportunity. This paper presents a …

Informal (visitor-created) trails represent a threat to the natural resources of protected natural
areas around the globe. These trails can remove vegetation, displace wildlife, alter …

With growing urban populations in close proximity to natural environments, recreation
resource managers in parks and protected areas (PPAs) are increasingly confronted with …

Recreational activities can negatively affect protected area landscapes and resources and
soil erosion is frequently cited as the most significant long-term impact to recreational trails …