BRIDGING THE ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVIDE
IN VISITOR IMPACT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT:
A DIALOGUE
SESSION / PANEL SESSION
CONVENERS:
Bruno Baur
(Bruno.Baur@unibas.ch)
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Sanjay K. Nepal
(sknepal@tamu.edu)
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Michael A. Schuett
(maschuett@ag.tamu.edu)
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Section of Conservation Bi-ology (NLU), Department of Integrative Biology, University of Basel
St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10
CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Fon: +41 (0)61 267 08 31
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Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University
College Station
Texas-77843, USA
Fon: +1 (979) 862 4080
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Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University
College Station
Texas-77843, USA
Fon: +1 (979) 862 4080
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SYMPOSIA ABSTRACT:
The recreation resource management literature indicates a gap in communicating, incorporating, and integrating
social and ecological sciences in conceptualizing visitor impact monitoring and management. This panel session
will address some of the challenges and discuss suggestions for a more integrated approach to visitor impact
monitoring and management in parks and protected areas. The panel will focus on three major areas:
(1) current state of affairs in the social and ecological sciences of recreation resource management;
(2)
research gaps; and
(3) integration of ecological and social sciences for an improved framework of visitor
impact management and management.
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