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• W82461323 abstract "The benefits-based management (BBM) framework is a scientific approach to managing protected areas that focuses on inputs such as setting conditions and activities necessary to facilitate the attainment of desired outcomes. The system has been adopted in many countries around the world but its application has often been limited to budgetary justification and marketing campaigns. This thesis proposes that the much broader potential application of BBM will only be achieved if the framework is expanded to recognise more fully the social context of visitors‟ park experiences. This study investigates one reconceptualisation of the BBM framework that takes into consideration the bonds between people and places. The study also aimed to inform if a relationship exists between place attachment and visitors behaviours related to conservation action. It is a significant study for a number of reasons: it assesses the benefits important to and attained by visitors to Australian protected areas, as opposed to most previous research that has reported on the perceptions of visitors to North American public lands; it examines benefit desire and attainment within populations using regional and metropolitan parks, it identifies if benefits are related to place attachment; and it links the attainment of specific benefits that are important to visitors to a management input (setting conditions) that can be influenced by managers. Specific study objectives were to: (1) identify the benefits that protected area visitors desire and attain while recreating in selected metropolitan and regional parks located in South Australia and Victoria; (2) determine the role of macro (regional versus metropolitan) and micro (recreation opportunity spectrum classes) setting conditions, activity engagement, and market clusters on how visitors rate benefit importance and attainment; and (3) identify what type of relationship may exist between a factor influenced by management (i.e. setting conditions) and specific outcomes (i.e. benefit attainment, place attachment and conservation action). A total of 1479 on-site interviews were conducted across four parks, representing examples of both metropolitan and regional protected areas in south-eastern Australia. The four sites encompassed a range of recreation opportunity settings and were popular with visitors participating in a variety of recreation activities. Two mail-back surveys were employed to collect further information on benefit attainment, place attachment and conservation action. Results of the study revealed a core group of benefits common to visitors across all four parks. These included: enjoying nature, escaping personal/social pressures, escaping physical pressures, enjoying the outdoor climate, spending time with friends, family togetherness and learning. With the exception of the benefit domain, escape physical pressures, attainment of these important benefits was high. The benefits identified as important in this study reflect those perceived to be most important by visitors in various North American studies. Benefit attainment was related to park type (i.e. metropolitan versus regional), as well as different setting conditions within a park. The type of activity in which people engaged was also correlated to benefit attainment, with many people who engaged in vigorous activities such as walking or hiking reporting better attainment of a range of benefits than those who reported socialising or picnicking as their most satisfying activity. Results derived from modelling the structural relations between development preferences and benefit attainment and place attachment, revealed place attachment partially mediated the relationship between development preferences and benefit attainment. While place attachment and several benefits were linked directly with preferences for lower levels of development in parks, significant relationships existed between all benefits with the mediator place dependence. In this study, place attachment was not found to significantly influence conservation action. However, networks and trust in the moral competency of park staff were found to be significant predictors of conservation action, while trust in the technical competence of park staff was negatively related to conservation action. This study contributes to park management theory by expanding the BBM framework to recognise the link between place attachment and benefit attainment. Several themes emerged that should guide future management and planning decisions, including the importance of developing objectives that recognise the benefits visitors desire; providing undeveloped green space in parks; designing areas that facilitate social interaction and that are connected to less developed areas, and the need to provide better networking and education opportunities if goals of increasing conservation action are to be realised. The findings can shape more competitive marketing campaigns through matching the benefits visitors desire with the types of settings most conducive to the attainment of such benefits. The results provide justification of the important role parks play in the broader community and a valuable benchmark upon which to assess the impact of future management changes." @default.
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• W82461323 title "Personal benefits and place attachment of visitors to four metropolitan and regional protected areas in Australia" @default.
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