Park Life:Assessing the need to Understand User Group Needs when Balancing Commercial Enterprise with Biodiversity Conservation

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Brock, Mike and Russell, Joel (2018) Park Life:Assessing the need to Understand User Group Needs when Balancing Commercial Enterprise with Biodiversity Conservation.

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Abstract

This report outlines and reviews the findings of a collaborative project between researchers at The University of East Anglia (UEA) and Brandon Country Park. The former were commissioned to undertake two surveys to elicit the opinions of current users and stakeholders regarding their perceptions of the park, with particular emphasis on how this improves their mental, physical and social well-being. Information was then used to identify how the facility might be improved. 200 surveys were conducted through July 2016, asking questions which referred to park usage, attitudes and socio-demographic status. These responses were combined with a qualitative focus group, and using these mixed-methods field experiment techniques provided an in-depth examination of user perspectives on how to best manage this woodland amenity. The overall results pinpoint some key interactions between the key mental and physical benefits of such a facility, and yet the trade-offs that these human sources of welfare may create for wider biodiversity conservation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	collective decision-making,local public goods,forest management,environmental sustainability,biodiversity conservation,nature and landscape conservation ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2309
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Related URLs:	https://ideas.repec.org/p/uea/ueaeco/201...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2023 11:30
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 07:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91910
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