Delene Weber
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Delene Weber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Delene |
| FAMILY NAME | Weber |
| SIGNATURE | WEBER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8293-4960 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
SilVR
Background Silviculture education requires understanding complex, spatially distributed ecological processes and the long-term effects of forest management decisions. These concepts can be difficult to convey through traditional teaching methods. Virtual Reality (VR) offers an immersive, interactive way to explore complex systems in domains such as silviculture, and design considerations, such as diegesis, may influence learning outcomes. Aim Thi…
Understanding the intention to stay and defend during a bushfire
‘Why can't they just evacuate early’ –a study of the effect of a virtual reality experience on residents' intentions related to a wildfire risk
Improving bushfire preparedness through the use of virtual reality
Challenges to the co-management of biodiversity in a reflexive modernity
The marginalisation of people from natural areas has dominated conservation approaches in post-colonial societies such as Australia. Yet the approach is limited, in part because people are also excluded from co-managing their local environments, an effect that raises important questions about the future of conservation in a reflexive era where account must also be taken of how to manage risks such as bushfires. To address the complexity of social…
The Nature of Reality
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) were used to test the effects of biodiversity on recovery from induced stress. Three natural environments and one urban environment were used to represent ordinal levels of biodiversity (none, low, moderate, and high). The four IVEs comprised visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli. An additional high biodiversity IVE without auditory or olfactory stimuli was also included to study the effects of multisensory…
Are we ready for bushfire? Perceptions of residents, landowners and fire authorities on Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Generating narratives on bushfire risk and biodiversity values to inform environmental policy
Climate Change, Bushfire Risk, and Environmental Values
Striking a balance between the management of environmental risks and values is a challenge for decision-makers. If people perceive that environmental risks are increasing they may be willing to discount local values to manage those risks, so the identification of thresholds in risk perception in relation to specific behaviors could help to avoid policy failures. The complex relationships between perceptions of climate change and bushfire risks, e…
Using participatory GIS to measure physical activity and urban park benefits
Development of a Whole Agency Approach to Market Segmentation in Parks
Park agencies must plan to accommodate a diversity of visitors in order to satisfy visitor expectations and encourage future visitation. This study applies a market segmentation approach to develop a visitor typology that is effective across a broad spectrum of parks and applicable to a range of priorities, both strategic and operational, within park management agencies. Over a four-year period, data was sourced from over 11,000 interviews conduc…
Predicting Visitor Satisfaction in Parks
Protected area managers are often interested in visitor satisfaction, a complex, multi-dimensional concept. This study of visitors to Kakadu National Park in Australia compares 2 approaches to predicting overall satisfaction and the intention to recommend the park. The first approach involves analyzing importance-performance measures on a range of visitor service quality items. The second approach involves measuring the desire and attainment of p…
Evaluation of an online (opt-in) panel for public participation geographic information systems surveys
Online panels are increasingly being used in market, social, psychological, and medical research (Callegaro & DiSogra, 2008). With decline in survey response rate across all modes of delivery (Curtin, Presser, & Singer, 2005; de Leeuw & de Heer 2002; Hansen 2006), online panels may appear an attractive option for conducting public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) surveys despite limitations compared with probability sampling m…
The measurement of place attachment
Contact with Nature
Parks play an important role in improving health and wellbeing. However, lack of understanding of visitor preferences in regards to their recreation experiences and how managers can facilitate desired benefits has limited the contribution of parks to society and impeded adoption of frameworks such as outcomes‐focused management. This paper describes a study of two urban and two regional parks that investigated the experience preferences of visito…
Contact with Nature
Parks play an important role in improving health and wellbeing. However, lack of understanding of visitor preferences in regards to their recreation experiences and how managers can facilitate desired benefits has limited the contribution of parks to society and impeded adoption of frameworks such as outcomes‐focused management. This paper describes a study of two urban and two regional parks that investigated the experience preferences of visito…
Evaluation of an online (opt-in) panel for public participation geographic information systems surveys
Online panels are increasingly being used in market, social, psychological, and medical research (Callegaro & DiSogra, 2008). With decline in survey response rate across all modes of delivery (Curtin, Presser, & Singer, 2005; de Leeuw & de Heer 2002; Hansen 2006), online panels may appear an attractive option for conducting public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) surveys despite limitations compared with probability sampling m…
Generating narratives on bushfire risk and biodiversity values to inform environmental policy
Are we ready for bushfire? Perceptions of residents, landowners and fire authorities on Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Climate Change, Bushfire Risk, and Environmental Values
Striking a balance between the management of environmental risks and values is a challenge for decision-makers. If people perceive that environmental risks are increasing they may be willing to discount local values to manage those risks, so the identification of thresholds in risk perception in relation to specific behaviors could help to avoid policy failures. The complex relationships between perceptions of climate change and bushfire risks, e…
Development of a Whole Agency Approach to Market Segmentation in Parks
Park agencies must plan to accommodate a diversity of visitors in order to satisfy visitor expectations and encourage future visitation. This study applies a market segmentation approach to develop a visitor typology that is effective across a broad spectrum of parks and applicable to a range of priorities, both strategic and operational, within park management agencies. Over a four-year period, data was sourced from over 11,000 interviews conduc…
Challenges to the co-management of biodiversity in a reflexive modernity
The marginalisation of people from natural areas has dominated conservation approaches in post-colonial societies such as Australia. Yet the approach is limited, in part because people are also excluded from co-managing their local environments, an effect that raises important questions about the future of conservation in a reflexive era where account must also be taken of how to manage risks such as bushfires. To address the complexity of social…
The measurement of place attachment
Contact with Nature
Parks play an important role in improving health and wellbeing. However, lack of understanding of visitor preferences in regards to their recreation experiences and how managers can facilitate desired benefits has limited the contribution of parks to society and impeded adoption of frameworks such as outcomes‐focused management. This paper describes a study of two urban and two regional parks that investigated the experience preferences of visito…
Predicting Visitor Satisfaction in Parks
Protected area managers are often interested in visitor satisfaction, a complex, multi-dimensional concept. This study of visitors to Kakadu National Park in Australia compares 2 approaches to predicting overall satisfaction and the intention to recommend the park. The first approach involves analyzing importance-performance measures on a range of visitor service quality items. The second approach involves measuring the desire and attainment of p…
Evaluation of an online (opt-in) panel for public participation geographic information systems surveys
Online panels are increasingly being used in market, social, psychological, and medical research (Callegaro & DiSogra, 2008). With decline in survey response rate across all modes of delivery (Curtin, Presser, & Singer, 2005; de Leeuw & de Heer 2002; Hansen 2006), online panels may appear an attractive option for conducting public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) surveys despite limitations compared with probability sampling m…
Using participatory GIS to measure physical activity and urban park benefits
Development of a Whole Agency Approach to Market Segmentation in Parks
Park agencies must plan to accommodate a diversity of visitors in order to satisfy visitor expectations and encourage future visitation. This study applies a market segmentation approach to develop a visitor typology that is effective across a broad spectrum of parks and applicable to a range of priorities, both strategic and operational, within park management agencies. Over a four-year period, data was sourced from over 11,000 interviews conduc…
Generating narratives on bushfire risk and biodiversity values to inform environmental policy
Climate Change, Bushfire Risk, and Environmental Values
Striking a balance between the management of environmental risks and values is a challenge for decision-makers. If people perceive that environmental risks are increasing they may be willing to discount local values to manage those risks, so the identification of thresholds in risk perception in relation to specific behaviors could help to avoid policy failures. The complex relationships between perceptions of climate change and bushfire risks, e…
The Nature of Reality
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) were used to test the effects of biodiversity on recovery from induced stress. Three natural environments and one urban environment were used to represent ordinal levels of biodiversity (none, low, moderate, and high). The four IVEs comprised visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli. An additional high biodiversity IVE without auditory or olfactory stimuli was also included to study the effects of multisensory…
Are we ready for bushfire? Perceptions of residents, landowners and fire authorities on Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Improving bushfire preparedness through the use of virtual reality
Challenges to the co-management of biodiversity in a reflexive modernity
The marginalisation of people from natural areas has dominated conservation approaches in post-colonial societies such as Australia. Yet the approach is limited, in part because people are also excluded from co-managing their local environments, an effect that raises important questions about the future of conservation in a reflexive era where account must also be taken of how to manage risks such as bushfires. To address the complexity of social…
‘Why can't they just evacuate early’ –a study of the effect of a virtual reality experience on residents' intentions related to a wildfire risk
Understanding the intention to stay and defend during a bushfire
SilVR
Background Silviculture education requires understanding complex, spatially distributed ecological processes and the long-term effects of forest management decisions. These concepts can be difficult to convey through traditional teaching methods. Virtual Reality (VR) offers an immersive, interactive way to explore complex systems in domains such as silviculture, and design considerations, such as diegesis, may influence learning outcomes. Aim Thi…
Geography (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Perception (5 works)