Location and Design of Recreational Hiking Trails: Application of GIS Technology

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dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Janet Y.en
dc.contributor.committeechairCarstensen, Laurence W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAust, W. Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeememberMarion, Jeffrey L.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:30Zen
dc.date.adate1998-05-28en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:30Zen
dc.date.issued1998-02-09en
dc.date.rdate1999-05-28en
dc.date.sdate1998-02-09en
dc.description.abstractAs population increases, the need for public recreation facilities and resources increases. The U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and other recreation providers are constrained by limited time and funding to plan for, and implement, recreational facilities for the areas that they serve. Poorly located and designed recreational trails increase maintenance costs, resource degradation, and the inefficient utilization of public resources. The potential application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to this specific type of problem is examined through the comparison of hypothetical trail routes generated by several different methods, existing trail field surveys, office design, GIS user-assisted design, and cost-path analysis design. Each method is compared statistically and qualitatively by GIS methods and office based methods. Each hypothetical trail is ranked according to effectiveness of design, providing insight into trail design methods. The office designed hypothetical trails were consistently ranked highest by an expert forest road designer.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-42298-164319en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-42298-164319/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36696en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.relation.haspartVITA.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectGISen
dc.subjectTrailsen
dc.subjectRecreation Ecologyen
dc.subjectTrail Designen
dc.titleLocation and Design of Recreational Hiking Trails: Application of GIS Technologyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineGeographyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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