TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schamel, Johannes
T1  - A demographic perspective on the spatial behaviour of hikers in mountain areas: the example of Berchtesgaden National Park
JF  - eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
N2  - In Germany, as in many Western societies, demographic change will lead to a higher number of senior visitors to natural recreational areas and national parks. Given the high physiological requirements of many outdoor recreation activities, especially in mountain areas, it seems likely that demographic change will affect the spatial behaviour of national park visitors, which may pose a challenge to the management of these areas. With the help of GPS tracking and a standardized questionnaire (n=481), this study empirically investigates the spatial behaviour of demographic age brackets in Berchtesgaden National Park (NP) and the potential effects of demographic change on the use of the area. Cluster analysis revealed four activity types in the study area. More than half of the groups with visitors aged 60 and older belong to the activity type of Walker.
KW  - geography
KW  - demographic change
KW  - spatial behaviour
KW  - GPS tracking
KW  - outdoor recreation
KW  - Berchtesgaden NP
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172128
SN  - 2073-1558
VL  - 9
IS  - Special issue
ER  -