eco.mont 16 No. 2 Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
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eco.mont 16 No. 2 Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
ISSN 2073-106X
Print Edition ISSN 2073-1558 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9702-7 Online Edition Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management 16/2
01/2024 online edition Die print-Edition erscheint in der innsbruck university press License: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Indexed by: Science Citation Index
Valerie Braun
is Managing Editor of eco.mont and Project Manager of several projects at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Margreth Keiler is Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Günter Köck is Director of the National Research Programmes at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
Kelsey E. Philips,
William L. Rice
S. 30 - 37 doi:10.1553/eco.mont-16-2s30 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/eco.mont-16-2s30
Abstract: As visitation to parks and protected areas in the USA continues to increase, many federal land management agencies have implemented visitor use limits within their respective management areas to protect the environment while also providing for visitor enjoyment. The rationing of use has become a complex task, with managers having to balance system efficiency with equality and equity concerns on numerous levels. Rationing systems such as lotteries, reservations, first-come first-served and pricing mechanisms have all been used in different contexts, with trade-offs existing within each of these systems. In February 2023, Glacier National Park (Montana, USA) proposed to transition their online backcountry permitting system from a manually-administered lottery to a non-lottery reservation system. This study uses the theory of distributive justice to deductively code public comments related to the pro-posed transition in order to determine how a sample of the public perceives changes in rationing, and how their comments are distributed amongst competing social goals. Many of these comments contain nuance, adding to a wide array of senti-ments that will provide managers with a public perspective on this multifaceted issue. Keywords: rationing, distributive justice, allocation, use limits, content analysis Published Online: 2024/06/24 11:07:19 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5572 0x003f2f2e Rights: .
“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and an interested public including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.“eco.mont” is available by open access under CC BY-NC-ND-Licence from the Austrian Academy Press and in a printed version from Innsbruck University Press. Alpine protected areas play a key role in biodiversity conservation, but also in monitoring species and habitats. Since its first issue, eco.mont has published articles on long-term monitoring programmes in different areas of the Alps.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |