Objective Assessment of Countryside Recreation by Observation

Ian Keirle and Stephen Walsh

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1999, vol. 42, issue 6, 875-887

Abstract: It has been shown that strategic planning for countryside recreation may be based on an inadequate level of empirical information regarding countryside recreational activity. Questionnaire surveys provide most of the available data and the limitations of these are discussed. A methodology for investigating recreational activity is proposed and tested in Mid Wales using the observation of discrete areas of randomly selected Ordnance Survey 1 km grid squares. The results illustrate the type of countryside resource that is being used, the activities undertaken and the number of people involved. It is concluded that observation is a valuable tool in understanding the nature of recreation in the wider countryside.

Date: 1999
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