• 농촌계획
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2016

This study examined the effectiveness of and satisfaction of visitors with the Environmental Improvement Project on national parks' trail entry areas. A survey was conducted to improve the proposal framework based on the data. Data for the study were obtained from 6400 respondents who used 28 national park offices at 32 national park trail entry areas. The field research was collected in 3200 surveys, divided between pre- and post-implementation of the Environmental Improvement Project. The study variables consisted of socio-demographics, visitors' perceptions on the environmental improvement of trail entries, effects of the environmental improvement, and visitor satisfaction. Several important results were found. First, the environment of trail entries has a significant impact on the formation of images and user satisfaction of national parks. Second, the influence of the trail entry improvement showed that 71.8% of visitors rated the trail entry as environmentally friendly after the Environmental Improvement Project, compared to 48.5% of visitors rated the trail entry as environmentally friendly before the Environmental Improvement Project. The findings indicated that a top priority of environmental improvement of the trail entries needs to be the installation of convenience facilities such as rest areas, restrooms, and direction boards (pre: 34.5%, post: 32.6%). Third, functionality and the other nine variables were shown to enhance the effect of the environmental improvement of the trail entries at the 1% statistical significance level. Finally, results indicated that the overall satisfaction of the visitors with the park was significantly higher after the environmental improvement (t-value=25.741, p=.000), showing the satisfaction score was higher after the environmental improvement (pre: 3.51, post: 4.12), with a statistically significant difference at the 1 % level. This study helps to understand trail entries, which have influenced the image of the national park and satisfaction. These findings can be utilized to manage and design a national park as a public space.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2008

본 연구는 북한산국립공원 탐방로상 도입된 보행시설물에 대한 탐방객 평가를 통해 국립공원 탐방로의 효율적 유지관리를 위한 관련 기초 정보 제공을 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 북한산국립공원 도봉지구 탐방로를 이용한 탐방객 250명을 대상으로 응답자직접기입방식을 적용하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 도봉 주능선 도봉지구에 설치된 6개의 보행 시설에 양적 질적 상태는 비교적 양호한 것으로 조사되었다. 목재데크 시설, 목재난간 시설, 돌깔기 시설이 기타 시설에 비해 경관조화성, 자원보전성, 이용편의성 측면에서 긍정적으로 평가되었다. 결국 국립공원에서의 보행시설물의 도입에 있어 친자연적인 소재의 도입은 필수적이며 자원보호와 탐방편의의 기능과 함께 경관조화라는 시각적 효과의 고려가 필요하다.