Recreation Use Analysis And Management Of Juniper Creek Ocala National Forest Florida PDF Download

Structural equation modeling and spatial diagnostic tests were utilized to examine the linkage between sense of place constructs and recreation planning constructs. Results showed significant relationships between recreation experiences, a sense of place construct, and place-protective behavior. For instance, the level of importance of recreation experience preferences were not related to place meanings but were negatively related to place satisfaction, and positively related to overall place attachment. Overall, place attachment was influenced by place satisfaction and predictive of greater intentions toward place-protective behavior for the forest. More notably, setting perceptions were associated with attainment of recreation experiences, place satisfaction and place attachment. Attainment of recreation experiences predicted place satisfaction and place attachment, while it was not related to place-protective behavior. These results demonstrated a partial support of expectancy valence theory as well as theory of reasoned action. Additionally, although spatial diagnostic tests demonstrated similar findings, future studies may seek to identify additional variables influencing the sense of place construct.