Autor según el artículo: Jurado Rota, Joan; Perez Albert, Maria Yolanda; Serrano Gine, David

Departamento: Geografia

Autor/es de la URV: Perez Albert, Maria Yolanda / SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID

Palabras clave: Webshare services Visitor monitoring Vgi Tracking Tools Protected areas management Protected areas Park Natura 2000 network Movement patterns Impacts

Resumen: © 2019, © 2019 The Royal Danish Geographical Society. This paper analyses visitor monitoring and the public use of protected areas using volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a source of big data and, as the object of study, the Ebro Delta Natura 2000 site (west Mediterranean basin). Over 5,000 voluntarily recorded tracks spread over 10 years have been analysed, showing a predominance of cycling activities on trails of up to 50 km in length. Using cluster analysis and a hotspot approach, we found that the highest intensities of use are concentrated in less than 1% of the area studied, while a high dispersion of track start/finish points suggests low but scattered pressure all over the site. Spatial analysis reveals a number of spatial interactions, including the use of official trails, trespassing on reserves and potential nuisance to birdlife. This information is useful for site managers and helps them design sustainable practices. By applying the same analysis using VGI and data mining to other Natura 2000 sites, comparisons can be made and thus provide valuable assessment regarding visitor monitoring and public use patterns for the largest network of protected areas in the world.

Grupo de investigación: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics

Áreas temáticas: Geography, planning and development Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía General earth and planetary sciences Environmental studies Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous) Earth and planetary sciences (all) Ciencias sociales

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 00167223

Direcció de correo del autor: myolanda.perez@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-1634-4986

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00167223.2019.1573409

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal Of Geography. 119 (1): 69-83

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Jurado Rota, Joan; Perez Albert, Maria Yolanda; Serrano Gine, David (2019). Visitor monitoring in protected areas: an approach to Natura 2000 sites using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal Of Geography, 119(1), 69-83. DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2019.1573409

DOI del artículo: 10.1080/00167223.2019.1573409

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2019

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications