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A bird's-eye view of recreation
monitoring and design (Fig. 1). These dimensions allow managers (or decision makers) to be fully aware of: (1) the desired future they wish to achieve; (2) the alternative routes to the future; and (3) consequences of those alternatives (Haider 2006). The framework implies that these dimensions can be independently considered. First, stakeholders negotiate goals with respect to biodiversity and recreation and come to operational management area objectives (goal setting dimension). Second, goal realization needs to be monitored as changes occur in the level and spatial/temporal distribution of recreational access that is provided for visitors (monitoring dimension). Finally, the development of future management plans should simultaneously consider dimensions of both nature and recreation (design and evaluation dimension). Models are a useful tool for this evaluation (Opdam et al. 2002).
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Figure 1. Planning framework for multiple land use in protected nature areas. The arrows within the triangle indicate information flows between the three dimensions. Establishment of a monitoring program should chart success in achieving management goals (e.g. Manning 2004). Analyses of monitoring data can also provide rules of thumb for goal setting (e.g. Fernandez-Juricic et al. 2005, Moran-Lopez et al. 2006). Monitoring data provides a basis for goal reassessment as well as defining design and evaluation strategies, which, in turn must be based on stated goals (e.g. Verboom et al. 2001, Opdam et al. 2002). Goals define results that should be produced and monitored in modeling the implementation of design strategies. Models often provide insight into what monitoring data are missing (Jochem et al. 2007).
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