Assessing of the change of unpaved trail conditions: a case study on Yangmingshan National Park
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Huang, Kuo-Shu
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
The degradation of trail resources associated with expanding recreation and tourism visitation is a growing management problem in protected areas worldwide. In order to make judicious trail and visitor management decisions, protected area managers need objective and timely information on trail resource conditions.
This paper introduces a trail census survey method that entirely characterizes the occurrence, location and lineal extent of common tail problems. The method was applied to four unpaved trails within Yangmingshan National Park by one year monitoring.
Finally the research found that rock exposure, root exposure and trail widening were the most common impact problems. In aspect of the one year change of unpaved trail conditions, trail incision was keeping on deepening. Furthermore, degradation of rock exposure, root exposure and running water on trail were significant in one change. Otherwise, impact correlation analysis found that rock exposure and running water, root exposure and excessive incision were both significantly correlative. Then trail incision depth and trail grade were also significantly correlative.
The trail conditions access and change monitoring were able to provide Park managers with objective and quantitative information for use in tail planning, management and maintenance decisions.
Subjects
步道
步道品質
步道監測調查
遊憩衝擊
trail
trail condition
trail surveys
trail monitoring
impact assessment
Yangmingshan National Park
Type
thesis
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