Changes in Local People's Perceptions of the Sumava National Park in the Czech Republic over a Ten Year Period (1998-2008)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su4061354" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su4061354</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su4061354" target="_blank" >10.3390/su4061354</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Changes in Local People's Perceptions of the Sumava National Park in the Czech Republic over a Ten Year Period (1998-2008)

Original language description

The Sumava National Park (NP), the largest protected area of its kind in Central Europe, is as interesting as it is problematic (historical development, conflicts between regional development and landscape protection). In order to evaluate the success ofthe Park's policies, local park inhabitants' attitudes were assessed over a ten-year period. Two surveys (N = 181 and N = 200) were conducted in August, 1998 and 2008. The questionnaires consisted of 43 queries from three thematic areas; (a) socio-demographic data, (b) environment and nature conservation, and (c) sustainable tourism and local development. The comparison of the results 1998 with 2008 showed that the Park inhabitants perceived living in the Park as improving and the scheme for nature conservation as either "optimal" or "more strict" The surveys also showed the loss of job opportunities as the most prevalent local concern. In a cluster analysis based on perceptions of (a) the Park, (b) the environment and (c) Park Adminis

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DO - Protection of landscape

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability [online]

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1354-1370

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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