William P Stewart

Biographic Data

ID79691
NAMEWilliam P Stewart
GIVEN NAMESWilliam P
FAMILY NAMEStewart
SIGNATURESTEWART W P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ORCID0000-0001-5819-9540
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS58
TOTAL CITATIONS504
AUTHOR COUNT57
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX11

  • Values of protected area landscapes shape the behaviors of subsistence users in Interior Alaska

    Open AccessEvan L Salcido, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2026References: 79

    Diverse values expressed by people living around protected areas provide insight into shared reasons why agreements and tensions may exist yet are underrepresented in research with subsistence users. We administered a mixed-mode survey to residents living near Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali State Park in Interior Alaska, USA, to understand how values placed on landscapes by multiple interest groups could lead to actions benefitting …

  • Bridging senses of place and mobilities scholarships to inform social-ecological systems governance: A research agenda

    Open AccessSarah Gottwald, Iga Kołodyńska et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2024

    Uncertainty and change are increasingly commonplace as communities respond to impacts of social-ecological change including climate change, and dangerous levels of pollution. Given the extent of these crises, new approaches are needed to support responses. Here we identify challenges and discuss insights that the nexus of Senses of place (SoP) and mobilities research offers in navigating such uncertainty. We conducted a two-round Delphi, followed…

  • Understanding the spatial dynamics of values and disvalues in the Kaskaskia River Watershed, USA through a social-ecological lens

    Open AccessCarena J Van Riper, Lorraine Foelske et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2024

    Maintaining a resilient and sustainable agro-production system is replete with challenges, because management practices designed to enhance productivity can overlook the range of values derived from ecosystems and concerns about their future. Further complicating the decisions being made about agricultural settings is the variation in social-ecological stressors that shape how diverse community members interpret landscape change. We engaged resid…

  • The role of moral philosophy in shaping visitors’ fairness perceptions of recreation fees: A case study of Indiana Dunes National Park in the U.S

    Open AccessSuiwen Zou, Suiwen Sharon Zou et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2024References: 8

    Although fairness is a dominant concern in the current debate on protected area recreation fees, various conceptualizations of what constitutes fairness exist. This presents a challenge for protected area management as it becomes difficult to develop a universally acceptable fee structure and policy that meet different stakeholders, thereby undermining the financial sustainability of protected areas. The purpose of this study is to understand how…

  • Moving beyond production: Community narratives for good farming

    Open AccessJohn Strauser, William P StewartARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2024Cited by: 1References: 28

  • Integrating social values with GPS tracks through Denali National Park and Preserve

    Open AccessChang Cai, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2023

  • Broad values as the basis for understanding deliberation about protected area management

    Open AccessDevin J Goodson, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2023Cited by: 2References: 20

  • Green Leisure: Resistance and Revitalization of Urban Neighborhoods

    Wonjin Jeong, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2023Cited by: 2References: 64

    Many cities have addressed urban population shrinkage by adopting strategies to re-purpose vacant lots in ways that leave them beautified and groomed. This study investigates leisure behavior resulting in beautified and groomed vacant lots that resist dominant discourses – referred to as green leisure. We applied a mixed-methods research design with property owners who purchased vacant lots through the Chicago Large Lot Program. Our focus group f…

  • Place-Making upon Return Home: Influence of Greenway Experiences

    Shiqin Zhang, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2023Cited by: 1References: 46

    Recreation experience has long been studied for its close relationship to human health and personal development. Previous research focused mainly on the experiential and on-site outcomes. This study extends past research to explore the critical role of recreation experience on human development, particularly after people return home. To do so, an experiential-emergent-learning model of recreation experience is proposed and empirically experimente…

  • A Broaden-and-Build Theoretical Perspective on Dark Tourism Visitors’ Transformative Emotional Journeys

    Emma Lundin, Joelle Soulard et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2023Cited by: 5References: 10

    Emotions are at the epicenter of dark tourism, where visitors are confronted with topics relating to death and suffering and experience heightened emotional responses. Using the Broaden-and-Build model as a theoretical lens, we aim to examine the process through which visitors' unpleasant emotions can transform into positive ones at a dark tourism site. The findings from interviews and photo-elicitation with visitors at the Holocaust Museum and E…

  • Deepening Diversity: A Collection of Teaching Perspectives and Strategies from Social Justice Advocates

    Mariela Fernández, K J Lee et al.ARTICLESCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure…2022

    Contemporary population trends impact leisure experiences and service delivery, requiring recreation and leisure departments to prepare students to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse clientele. However, with little formal training on how to teach content concerning diverse populations, this can be a daunting task. The panel session Preparing Students to Serve Diverse Populations was featured at the 2018 The Academy of Leisure Sciences (TAL…

  • Inclusive conservation and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Tensions and prospects

    Open AccessChristopher M Raymond, Miguel Á Cebrián-Piqueras et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2022

    The draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework commits to achievement of equity and justice outcomes and represents a ‘‘relational turn’’ in how we understand inclusive conservation. Although ‘‘inclusivity’’ is drawn on as a means to engage diverse stakeholders, widening the framing of inclusivity can create new tensions with regard to how to manage protected areas. We first offer a set of tensions that emerge in the light of the relational tu…

  • Values shift in response to social learning through deliberation about protected areas

    Open AccessRiley Andrade, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2022Cited by: 4References: 13

  • Producing Regions: Connecting Place-Making with Farming Practices

    John Strauser, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2022References: 16

    Social Scientists have spent decades researching the facilitators and barriers to adopt conservation-based farming practices. Recent reviews of the literature have called on researchers to expand spatial scales to consider social processes at a regional or watershed level. As we look to expand spatial scales for research, the literature associated with regional production offers useful insight. In this perspective, we adapt frameworks that recogn…

  • A Place Meaning Scale for Rural Communities Undergoing Landscape Change

    Nicole M Evans, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2022References: 11

    Sense of place provides a strategy to identify qualities of landscape change in rural areas undergoing urban development, yet a scale to assess such qualities has not been developed. Research on place meanings tends to draw from either an interpretivist or positivist approach but does not integrate them. This research integrates the two approaches with a mixed-methods design that resulted in the first scale of regional place meanings for two coun…

  • Negotiating agricultural change in the Midwestern US: Seeking compatibility between farmer narratives of efficiency and legacy

    Open AccessNathan J Shipley, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2022Cited by: 2References: 11

  • Place-making in the Corn Belt: The productivist landscapes of the “good farmer”

    Open AccessBen Leitschuh, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2022Cited by: 5References: 22

  • An Ecological Model of Environmental Justice for Recreation

    Alessandro Rigolon, Mariela Fernández et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2022Cited by: 10References: 62

    Socioeconomic and racial-ethnic inequities in access to recreation settings are widely considered environmental justice (EJ) issues. Researchers in leisure, geography, urban planning, and other disciplines have published important theoretical contributions on EJ related to recreation and parks, but such contributions have not been examined conjointly to identify their broader implications. In this article, we use an integrated definition of EJ th…

  • Elucidating social-ecological perceptions of a protected area system in Interior Alaska: A Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Approach

    Open AccessDana N Johnson, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2022Cited by: 1

    The Interior of Alaska is one of the few remaining places in the world with intact ecosystems. Protected areas in this region, particularly Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali State Park, are high-profile tourism destinations situated in a rural landscape that is inhabited by a diverse array of stakeholders. Public land management agencies are faced with the challenging task of engaging these rural residents in discussions about their re…

  • Transferring Vacant Lots to Private Ownership Improves Care and Empowers Residents: Evidence From Chicago

    Alessandro Rigolon, Debolina Banerjee et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Planning…2021

    Problem, research strategy, and findings Several U.S. cities have implemented vacant lot greening programs as planning strategies to address decreased tax base, crime, and other issues associated with high land vacancy in marginalized neighborhoods, yet little is known about the benefits of programs that transfer city-owned lots to private owners. Using a mixed methods approach, we studied whether and how private ownership matters for vacant lot …

  • Resident-led vacant lot greening and crime: Do ownership and visual condition-care matter

    Open AccessSara Hadavi, Alessandro Rigolon et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2021

  • Going the Extra Mile: Building Trust and Collaborative Relationships with Study Participants

    Mariela Fernández, Rasul A Mowatt et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2021Cited by: 5References: 37

    Research methods to access and engage historically oppressed communities have evolved dramatically. Leisure researchers once aspired to be objective and to remain detached from their participants, but developments in grounded and participatory epistemologies have enabled the development of various kinds of relationships between researchers and study participants. The purposes of this paper were (1) to characterize strategies to build trust and co…

  • The condition-care scale: A practical approach to monitoring progress in vacant lot stewardship programs

    Open AccessPaul H Gobster, Alessandro Rigolon et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2020

    Condition and care are key expressions of landscape stewardship and are especially important in managing vacant urban lands. In this context, visible signs of stewardship have been associated with increased neighborhood sense of place whereas signs of physical disorder reflect perceived and actual crime. To date, assessments of condition/care and disorder using neighborhood audits have shown good reliability in field and virtual assessments but a…

  • Beyond proximity: Extending the “greening hypothesis” in the context of vacant lot stewardship

    Open AccessPaul H Gobster, Alessandro Rigolon et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2020

    Research increasingly shows that greening activity can spur contagious or imitative behavior among nearby neighbors within residential landscapes. Krusky et al. (2015) examined this phenomenon in the context of vacant lots and found support for a “greening hypothesis” that residential yards near vacant lots that were converted to community gardens exhibited higher levels of care than yards near untended vacant lots. Although such activity implies…

  • Measuring landscape change, lot by lot: Greening activity in response to a vacant land reuse program

    Open AccessPaul H Gobster, Sara Hadavi et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2020

    Urban vacancy is a persistent problem in many cities across the U.S. and globally. Vacant land greening helps improve neighborhood conditions and initiatives that transfer vacant lots to neighborhood residents can return benefits to where they are most needed. We examined one such initiative, the Chicago Large Lot Program, which allows property owners in high-vacancy areas to purchase 1–2 city-owned vacant lots on their block for $1 each. We deve…