Factors Influencing Attitudes Toward the Commitment of Resources to Outdoor Recreation Development

Exact date of working paper unknown.Data were collected from 1.386 Ohio residents in the summer and fall of 1985 on a statewide sampling basis to examine the factors that were predictive of willingness to commit economic resources to improve outdoor recreation facilities in the state. A vested interest model was created to guide the investigation. The theoretical model basically argued that people would be more willing to commit limited resources to development efforts which have the potential of producing benefits for them. The study findings revealed that the theoretical perspective had some utility for understanding Willingness to commit economic resources to outdoor recreation development in Ohio. While the explained variance was relatively low, the associations were consistent with research expectations. People who had the highest probability of benefiting from improved outdoor recreation facilities tended to be most favorable toward allocating public economic resources to such development efforts. The findings revealed that the respondents believed that slightly more economic resources should be allocated to outdoor recreation facility development in Ohio than have been allocated in the past

Effects of Changed Aircraft Noise Exposure on the Use of Outdoor Recreational Areas

This paper examines behavioural responses to changes in aircraft noise exposure in local outdoor recreational areas near airports. Results from a panel study conducted in conjunction with the relocation of Norway’s main airport in 1998 are presented. One recreational area was studied at each airport site. The samples (n = 1,264/1,370) were telephone interviewed about their use of the area before and after the change. Results indicate that changed aircraft noise exposure may influence individual choices to use local outdoor recreational areas, suggesting that careful considerations are needed in the planning of air routes over local outdoor recreational areas. However, considerable stability in use, and also fluctuations in use unrelated to the changes in noise conditions were found. Future studies of noise impacts should examine a broader set of coping mechanisms, like intra- and temporal displacement. Also, the role of place attachment, and the substitutability of local areas should be studied