Methods of assessment of the natural environment in examining the relationship between its diversity, values and tourism in Western Australia’s National Parks

• Authors: Małgorzata Bednarek

Abstracts

EN

In 2004, the author studied the impact of the diversity of the environment and natural values in national parks of Western Australia on the number of tourists visiting them. The research indicates that the highest correlation is between natural values and number of tourists, a smaller one is between the diversity of the environment and natural values and the lowest correlation is between the diversity of the environment and the number of tourists. Such studies reąuire proper methods for evaluation of the natural environment. This paper discusses differences between the two main methods. The first, which describes diversity of the environment in national parks, is based on the evaluation made for the whole continent, where six main features of the environment were measured in the grid of sąuares. The natural values were studied with a greater accuracy on the basis of the descriptions and maps concerning the parks' territory. Attractiveness in respect to natural values is presented by the sum of points. Each park received from 0 to 2 points for each of the 18 natural values.

Keywords

EN

diversity of the natural environment; natural values; tourism; Western Australia; national parks

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 261-268

Dates

published

2006

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Bednarek

• Department of Regional Geography

translator

Małgorzata Miłaszewska

References

• B e d n a r e k M., 2004, Zróżnicowanie środowiska i walory przyrodnicze a ruch turystyczny w parkach narodowych Australii Zachodniej [Diversity of the environment and natural values versus tourism in Western Australia's national parks; in Polish, a master thesis manuscript], Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Warsaw University, Warszawa.
• J a w o r s k a K., 1982, Zróżnicowanie środowiska przyrodniczego a gęstość zaludnienia w Australii [Diversity of the natural environment and population density in Australia; in Polish, a master thesis manuscript] Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Warsaw University, Warszawa.
• Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park Management Plan 1989-1999,1989, m. p. no. 13, Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM), Como.
• Visitor Information Statistics (VISTAT) Tables. Internal publication, 2003, Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM).

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2032509