Off‐road vehicles and public opinion in the California desert

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ID11216940
AuthorsJohn L Heywood (The Ohio State University, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume4
Issue3
Pages373-387
Publication date1981-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeisure Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-0400 • E-ISSN: 1521-0588
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01490408109512974
OpenAlexW2165337626
LanguageEN
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Public participation is an increasingly important and oftentimes legally required aspect of recreation resource planning and decision making. This paper presents three approaches to expanding public involvement used in the planning for the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA): (1) an oral history study of recreation use of the CDCA, (2) a survey of organized group use of the CDCA, and (3) four public opinion polls of the desertwide, statewide, and national public. The results of the opinion polls related to the issue of off‐road vehicles are presented. Consideration of pertinence, consistency, specificity, and reliability in evaluating the results are presented and discussed in terms of their documentation in the Bureau of Land Management's California desert planning reports

Business · Consistency (knowledge bases · Desert (philosophy · Documentation · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Expert opinion · Geography · Political science · Public opinion · Public participation · Public relations · Recreation · Resource (disambiguation · American Environmental and Regional History · Computer Science · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Science · Law · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

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