Kenneth F Backman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4810171 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth F Backman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth F |
| FAMILY NAME | Backman |
| SIGNATURE | BACKMAN K F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clemson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1831-799X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Ecotourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Thirty Years of Practice
The perceived forms and drivers of forest dependence at Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
This paper explores the perceived forms, and drivers of forest dependence at Volcanoes National Park. Using focus group interviews, we explored the perceptions of forest adjacent residents with direct access to conservation incentives, residents with no direct access to conservation incentives, and senior park managers. The paper reveals dominant forms of forest dependence, including, hunting for bushmeat, extraction of bamboo, bean-stakes, grass…
Exploring the Implications of Virtual Reality Technology in Tourism Marketing: An Integrated Research Framework
The proliferation of the Internet and other technological innovations has transformed the structure of the tourism industry as well as affected how tourism destinations are perceived and consumed. The 3D virtual world provides opportunities for destination marketing organizations to communicate with targeted markets by offering a rich environment for potential visitors to explore tourism destinations. However, as of yet, there is little understan…
Exploring user acceptance of 3D virtual worlds in travel and tourism marketing
Leisure and community type as indicators of overall quality of life
Sustainable communities address social, economic, and environmental issues in an integrated manner to ensure a healthy and viable community atmosphere where quality of life is a key consideration (Cartwright, 2000). Understanding the community attributes that influence quality of life has become a major interest area among sociologists, recreation administrators, and policy analysts (Allen, Long, & Perdue, 1991; Payne & Schaumleffel, 2008). The p…
Cognitive Dimensions of Wilderness Privacy: An 18-Year Trend Comparison
In 1999, replication of a 1981 study was conducted as exactly as possible as the 1981 study, involving the same number of respondents ( n = 109), universities, recreation management classes, classroom-administered questionnaire, and data analysis. Cognitive states of privacy were measured using a 20-item scale, rated on a 7-point importance continuum. Trend analysis involved individual scale item and factor analysis comparisons between the 1981 v…
Assessing the Temporal Stability of Hunting Participation and the Structure and Intensity of Constraints: A Panel Study
The intent of this panel study of Virginia hunters/non-hunters (N = 497) was to assess the temporal stability of: hunting participation; perceived constraint factor structure and intensity; and the interrelationship of participation and constraints. Findings suggest that participation/non-participation patterns were stable across time periods for the population, yet dynamic at the individual level. Antihunting Attitude and Preference to participa…
A Culture of Servitude: The Impact of Tourism and Development on South Carolina's Coast
Tourism has become the primary industry of the Low Country of South Carolina. In response, the economic, social, and cultural fabric of the area has changed to accommodate this industry. Using interviews and observations, this study examined issues concerning host-guest interactions from a political ecological perspective. Overall, especially for the local African American residents, tourism has created in effect a culture of servitude. Proposals…
Understanding Parks And Recreation Volunteers: A Functionalist Perspective
RÉSUMÉSelon le bureau de recensement, 50 pour cent de la population adulte américaine fait du travail bénévole. Comme les bénévoles font partie intégrante de la population active, les responsables des services auxquels ils sont affectés cherchent à connaître leur motivation pour le travail. S’appuyant sur une approche fonctionnaliste du bénévolat, la présente étude vise à déterminer s’il existe un rapport entre le rôle du bénévole, le cadre de tr…
An Investigation into the Psychographics of Senior Nature-Based Travellers
Nature-based travellers are usually assumed to be a homogeneous group of travellers, but several studies have begun to identify certain different segments in this market. The purpose of the current study was to identify differences and similarities in the senior nature-based traveller market, and to assess whether there is more than one segment within the senior market for nature-based travel. The study was conducted in the United States and incl…
Involvement and opinion leadership in tourism
Measuring Equity Preferences: A Longitudinal Analysis
Issues of social equity are presumed to grow in importance as conditions in urban America deteriorate. Broadening differences between “haves and have nots” will direct public decision makers to provide further justification for service allocation patterns. This study examines the reliability, validity, and stability of equity preference indices for recreation and park services in Austin, Texas. A panel design was employed which collected written …
Determinants of 1980 to 1990 Net Migration in Texas Counties: The Role of Sustenance Specialization and Dominance in International Ecosystems
Patterns of 1980-1990 migration differ markedly from those of the 1970s but they have received little conceptual or empirical analysis because of limited data and because their diversity has resisted theoretical generalization. An expanded human ecological perspective incorporating international dimensions is hypothesized to explain differentials in migration during the 1980s. Counties with key functions which operate in international ecosystems …
Regional analysis of tourism resources
The Implications of Change in Population Size and Composition on Future Participation in Outdoor Recreational Activities
The future U.S. population will grow slowly, age significantly, and have larger minority components. These factors' effects on recreational behavior have received extensive attention, but analyses of the future number of participants have inadequately examined the simultaneous effects of demographic variables.The results from a national cohort-component population projection employing age, race/ethnicity, and activity-specific rates of cohort par…
International Dimensions of Post-1980 Internal Migration in the United States: The Role of Sustenance Specialization and Dominance
Post-1980 internal migration patterns were unanticipated, and prevailing explanations of them fail to account for the effects of new international relationships. A human ecological theory is developed which suggests an explanation based on the sphere of sustenance activities in ecosystems and relative dominance in these activities. Larger net migration was expected for counties specialized in activities that operate in international ecosystems in…
Modeling demographic change and characteristics in the analysis of future demand for leisure services
Populations are likely to grow slowly, age significantly, and show increased proportions of minorities in the coming decades. Such factors have received extensive attention as determinants of leisure behavior, but models for projecting future demand for leisure services have often failed to incorporate adequately the simultaneous interactive effects of age, race/ethnicity, and population growth. A cohort‐component population projection model empl…
Exploring user acceptance of 3D virtual worlds in travel and tourism marketing
Involvement and opinion leadership in tourism
Assessing the Temporal Stability of Hunting Participation and the Structure and Intensity of Constraints: A Panel Study
The intent of this panel study of Virginia hunters/non-hunters (N = 497) was to assess the temporal stability of: hunting participation; perceived constraint factor structure and intensity; and the interrelationship of participation and constraints. Findings suggest that participation/non-participation patterns were stable across time periods for the population, yet dynamic at the individual level. Antihunting Attitude and Preference to participa…
An Investigation into the Psychographics of Senior Nature-Based Travellers
Nature-based travellers are usually assumed to be a homogeneous group of travellers, but several studies have begun to identify certain different segments in this market. The purpose of the current study was to identify differences and similarities in the senior nature-based traveller market, and to assess whether there is more than one segment within the senior market for nature-based travel. The study was conducted in the United States and incl…
The Implications of Change in Population Size and Composition on Future Participation in Outdoor Recreational Activities
The future U.S. population will grow slowly, age significantly, and have larger minority components. These factors' effects on recreational behavior have received extensive attention, but analyses of the future number of participants have inadequately examined the simultaneous effects of demographic variables.The results from a national cohort-component population projection employing age, race/ethnicity, and activity-specific rates of cohort par…
Measuring Equity Preferences: A Longitudinal Analysis
Issues of social equity are presumed to grow in importance as conditions in urban America deteriorate. Broadening differences between “haves and have nots” will direct public decision makers to provide further justification for service allocation patterns. This study examines the reliability, validity, and stability of equity preference indices for recreation and park services in Austin, Texas. A panel design was employed which collected written …
Determinants of 1980 to 1990 Net Migration in Texas Counties: The Role of Sustenance Specialization and Dominance in International Ecosystems
Patterns of 1980-1990 migration differ markedly from those of the 1970s but they have received little conceptual or empirical analysis because of limited data and because their diversity has resisted theoretical generalization. An expanded human ecological perspective incorporating international dimensions is hypothesized to explain differentials in migration during the 1980s. Counties with key functions which operate in international ecosystems …
Modeling demographic change and characteristics in the analysis of future demand for leisure services
Populations are likely to grow slowly, age significantly, and show increased proportions of minorities in the coming decades. Such factors have received extensive attention as determinants of leisure behavior, but models for projecting future demand for leisure services have often failed to incorporate adequately the simultaneous interactive effects of age, race/ethnicity, and population growth. A cohort‐component population projection model empl…
The perceived forms and drivers of forest dependence at Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
This paper explores the perceived forms, and drivers of forest dependence at Volcanoes National Park. Using focus group interviews, we explored the perceptions of forest adjacent residents with direct access to conservation incentives, residents with no direct access to conservation incentives, and senior park managers. The paper reveals dominant forms of forest dependence, including, hunting for bushmeat, extraction of bamboo, bean-stakes, grass…
Regional analysis of tourism resources
Leisure and community type as indicators of overall quality of life
Sustainable communities address social, economic, and environmental issues in an integrated manner to ensure a healthy and viable community atmosphere where quality of life is a key consideration (Cartwright, 2000). Understanding the community attributes that influence quality of life has become a major interest area among sociologists, recreation administrators, and policy analysts (Allen, Long, & Perdue, 1991; Payne & Schaumleffel, 2008). The p…
Understanding Parks And Recreation Volunteers: A Functionalist Perspective
RÉSUMÉSelon le bureau de recensement, 50 pour cent de la population adulte américaine fait du travail bénévole. Comme les bénévoles font partie intégrante de la population active, les responsables des services auxquels ils sont affectés cherchent à connaître leur motivation pour le travail. S’appuyant sur une approche fonctionnaliste du bénévolat, la présente étude vise à déterminer s’il existe un rapport entre le rôle du bénévole, le cadre de tr…
International Dimensions of Post-1980 Internal Migration in the United States: The Role of Sustenance Specialization and Dominance
Post-1980 internal migration patterns were unanticipated, and prevailing explanations of them fail to account for the effects of new international relationships. A human ecological theory is developed which suggests an explanation based on the sphere of sustenance activities in ecosystems and relative dominance in these activities. Larger net migration was expected for counties specialized in activities that operate in international ecosystems in…
Cognitive Dimensions of Wilderness Privacy: An 18-Year Trend Comparison
In 1999, replication of a 1981 study was conducted as exactly as possible as the 1981 study, involving the same number of respondents ( n = 109), universities, recreation management classes, classroom-administered questionnaire, and data analysis. Cognitive states of privacy were measured using a 20-item scale, rated on a 7-point importance continuum. Trend analysis involved individual scale item and factor analysis comparisons between the 1981 v…
Modeling demographic change and characteristics in the analysis of future demand for leisure services
Populations are likely to grow slowly, age significantly, and show increased proportions of minorities in the coming decades. Such factors have received extensive attention as determinants of leisure behavior, but models for projecting future demand for leisure services have often failed to incorporate adequately the simultaneous interactive effects of age, race/ethnicity, and population growth. A cohort‐component population projection model empl…
Regional analysis of tourism resources
The Implications of Change in Population Size and Composition on Future Participation in Outdoor Recreational Activities
The future U.S. population will grow slowly, age significantly, and have larger minority components. These factors' effects on recreational behavior have received extensive attention, but analyses of the future number of participants have inadequately examined the simultaneous effects of demographic variables.The results from a national cohort-component population projection employing age, race/ethnicity, and activity-specific rates of cohort par…
International Dimensions of Post-1980 Internal Migration in the United States: The Role of Sustenance Specialization and Dominance
Post-1980 internal migration patterns were unanticipated, and prevailing explanations of them fail to account for the effects of new international relationships. A human ecological theory is developed which suggests an explanation based on the sphere of sustenance activities in ecosystems and relative dominance in these activities. Larger net migration was expected for counties specialized in activities that operate in international ecosystems in…
Determinants of 1980 to 1990 Net Migration in Texas Counties: The Role of Sustenance Specialization and Dominance in International Ecosystems
Patterns of 1980-1990 migration differ markedly from those of the 1970s but they have received little conceptual or empirical analysis because of limited data and because their diversity has resisted theoretical generalization. An expanded human ecological perspective incorporating international dimensions is hypothesized to explain differentials in migration during the 1980s. Counties with key functions which operate in international ecosystems …
Measuring Equity Preferences: A Longitudinal Analysis
Issues of social equity are presumed to grow in importance as conditions in urban America deteriorate. Broadening differences between “haves and have nots” will direct public decision makers to provide further justification for service allocation patterns. This study examines the reliability, validity, and stability of equity preference indices for recreation and park services in Austin, Texas. A panel design was employed which collected written …
Involvement and opinion leadership in tourism
An Investigation into the Psychographics of Senior Nature-Based Travellers
Nature-based travellers are usually assumed to be a homogeneous group of travellers, but several studies have begun to identify certain different segments in this market. The purpose of the current study was to identify differences and similarities in the senior nature-based traveller market, and to assess whether there is more than one segment within the senior market for nature-based travel. The study was conducted in the United States and incl…
A Culture of Servitude: The Impact of Tourism and Development on South Carolina's Coast
Tourism has become the primary industry of the Low Country of South Carolina. In response, the economic, social, and cultural fabric of the area has changed to accommodate this industry. Using interviews and observations, this study examined issues concerning host-guest interactions from a political ecological perspective. Overall, especially for the local African American residents, tourism has created in effect a culture of servitude. Proposals…
Understanding Parks And Recreation Volunteers: A Functionalist Perspective
RÉSUMÉSelon le bureau de recensement, 50 pour cent de la population adulte américaine fait du travail bénévole. Comme les bénévoles font partie intégrante de la population active, les responsables des services auxquels ils sont affectés cherchent à connaître leur motivation pour le travail. S’appuyant sur une approche fonctionnaliste du bénévolat, la présente étude vise à déterminer s’il existe un rapport entre le rôle du bénévole, le cadre de tr…
Cognitive Dimensions of Wilderness Privacy: An 18-Year Trend Comparison
In 1999, replication of a 1981 study was conducted as exactly as possible as the 1981 study, involving the same number of respondents ( n = 109), universities, recreation management classes, classroom-administered questionnaire, and data analysis. Cognitive states of privacy were measured using a 20-item scale, rated on a 7-point importance continuum. Trend analysis involved individual scale item and factor analysis comparisons between the 1981 v…
Assessing the Temporal Stability of Hunting Participation and the Structure and Intensity of Constraints: A Panel Study
The intent of this panel study of Virginia hunters/non-hunters (N = 497) was to assess the temporal stability of: hunting participation; perceived constraint factor structure and intensity; and the interrelationship of participation and constraints. Findings suggest that participation/non-participation patterns were stable across time periods for the population, yet dynamic at the individual level. Antihunting Attitude and Preference to participa…
Leisure and community type as indicators of overall quality of life
Sustainable communities address social, economic, and environmental issues in an integrated manner to ensure a healthy and viable community atmosphere where quality of life is a key consideration (Cartwright, 2000). Understanding the community attributes that influence quality of life has become a major interest area among sociologists, recreation administrators, and policy analysts (Allen, Long, & Perdue, 1991; Payne & Schaumleffel, 2008). The p…
Exploring user acceptance of 3D virtual worlds in travel and tourism marketing
Exploring the Implications of Virtual Reality Technology in Tourism Marketing: An Integrated Research Framework
The proliferation of the Internet and other technological innovations has transformed the structure of the tourism industry as well as affected how tourism destinations are perceived and consumed. The 3D virtual world provides opportunities for destination marketing organizations to communicate with targeted markets by offering a rich environment for potential visitors to explore tourism destinations. However, as of yet, there is little understan…
Ecotourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Thirty Years of Practice
The perceived forms and drivers of forest dependence at Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
This paper explores the perceived forms, and drivers of forest dependence at Volcanoes National Park. Using focus group interviews, we explored the perceptions of forest adjacent residents with direct access to conservation incentives, residents with no direct access to conservation incentives, and senior park managers. The paper reveals dominant forms of forest dependence, including, hunting for bushmeat, extraction of bamboo, bean-stakes, grass…
Geography (11 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Tourism (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)