Protected area tourism in a changing climate: Will visitation at US national parks warm up or overheat?

NA Fisichelli, GW Schuurman, WB Monahan… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Climate change will affect not only natural and cultural resources within protected areas but
also tourism and visitation patterns. The US National Park Service systematically collects …

Climate change and recreation in the western United States: Effects and opportunities for adaptation

AB Miller, PL Winter, JJ Sánchez, DL Peterson… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is affecting natural resources globally, altering ecosystems that support
outdoor recreation. In the western United States, effects such as warming temperatures …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of climate-related environmental changes on non-material benefits from human-nature interactions: A literature review

U Schirpke, M Ebner, U Tappeiner - Ecosystem Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite growing evidence that climate-related environmental changes impact cultural
ecosystem services (CES), a profound and nuanced understanding of such changes …

Valuing the impacts of forest disturbances on ecosystem services: An examination of recreation and climate regulation services in US national forests

JJ Sánchez, R Marcos-Martinez, L Srivastava… - Trees, Forests and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency and severity of forest disturbances challenge the sustainable
provision of ecosystem services by forests, and this is true even in regions with net forest …

Place attachment, climate friendly behavior, and support for climate friendly management action among state park visitors

L Groshong, SW Stanis, M Morgan, CJ Li - Environmental Management, 2020 - Springer
This study examined the role of place attachment in determining visitors' willingness to
engage in climate friendly behavior in parks and support for management actions to …

How climate change and population growth will shape attendance and human-wildlife interactions at British Columbia parks

DK Weststrate, A Chhen, S Mezzini… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Protected areas are important for ecological conservation while simultaneously supporting
culturally and economically valuable tourism. However, excessive visitor pressure strain …

Adapting transportation to climate change on federal lands in Washington State, USA

RL Strauch, CL Raymond, RM Rochefort, AF Hamlet… - Climatic Change, 2015 - Springer
Research scientists collaborated with federal land managers of two national parks and two
national forests to conduct a climate change vulnerability assessment and to identify …

Using a multiyear temporal climate-analog approach to assess climate change impacts on park visitation

MJ Hewer, WA Gough - Weather, Climate, and Society, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Because of the perceived weather sensitivity of park visitation in Ontario, Canada, several
previous assessments have examined the impact of climate change. However, these …

Effects and perceptions of weather, climate, and climate change on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism in the United States: A systematic review

EJ Wilkins, L Horne - PLOS Climate, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Weather, climate, and climate change all effect outdoor recreation and tourism, and will
continue to cause a multitude of effects as the climate warms. We conduct a systematic …

Urban park visitor perceptions of climate change: beliefs, concerns and support for action

H Zhang, S Wilhelm Stanis, L Groshong… - Landscape …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined urban park visitors' concerns, beliefs, decision to visit, and support for
management actions regarding climate change. A questionnaire was administered to 429 …