Recreational Use of Forests

Presentations and posters from the LVVI-study and other recreation research

| Participation and participant profiles | Recreation economics | Outdoor recreation on state land | Outdoor recreation, health and wellbeing | Recreation scenarios | Studies and descriptions of data | Recreation Monitoring | Others |

Participation and participant profiles

• The Finnish fishermen and their outdoor activity choices /2005 (pdf 630 kb) Tuija Sievänen, Metla, Eija Pouta MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Marjo Neuvonen, Metla
• Vacation homers and their profiles /2004 (pdf 670 kb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Metla, Marjo Neuvonen, Metla, ja Eija Pouta, Helsingin yliopisto
• Participation in mushroom picking in Finland /2004 (pdf 1,1 Mb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Metla, Marjo Neuvonen, Metla, ja Eija Pouta, Helsingin yliopisto
• Boaters’ profiles as outdoor recreationists /2003 (pdf 740 kb)
  Tuija Sievänen and Marjo Neuvonen, Metla
• Summer cottage – a gate to nature /2002 (pdf 340 kb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Metla and Eija Pouta, University of Helsinki

Recreation economics

• Regional Economic Impacts of Regional Economic Impacts of Recreation: Measuring Visitor Recreation: Measuring Visitor /2006 (pdf 0,5 Mb) Maija Huhtala, University of Helsinki
• Assessment of Local Economic Impacts of Assessment of Local Economic Impacts of Recreation: The Case of Pallas Recreation: The Case of Pallas- Ounastunturi Ounastunturi National Park National Park /2006 (pdf 0,6 Mb) Maija Huhtala, University of Helsinki

Outdoor recreation - On state land

• Response of local communities to the development of national park-based tourism (pdf, 896 kb). Sievänen, T., Selby, A., Petäjistö, L. & Neuvonen, M. Nordic Symposium of Tourism and Hospitality conference.
• Sievänen, T., Neuvonen, M., Pouta, E. & Sarkki, A. National park tourists and their integration to the surrounding rural community. IUFRO 6 division Conference, Saarselkä. 2007. (pdf 667 kb)
• National park characteristics, regional setting and visitor flows /2006 (pdf 3,0 Mb)
  Jenni Puustinen, Marjo Neuvonen, Tuija Sievänen, Metla
  Eija Pouta, Agrifood Research Finland
• Visitor attractions of nature conservation areas in Finland /2005 (pdf 1,2 Mb)
  Sievänen, T.¹, Pouta E.², Neuvonen, M. ¹& Puustinen, J. ¹
  ¹Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Centre, Helsinki Unit, Finland
  ²MTT Agrifood Research Finland
• Visitor Profile of National Parks, National Hiking Areas and Wilderness Areas in Finland /2004 (pdf 370 kb) Eija Pouta, University of Helsinki, Tuija Sievänen, Metla and Marjo Neuvonen, Metla

Outdoor recreation, health and wellbeing

• Restorative experiences in favourite green, waterside and urban environments /2009 (pdf 1,2 Mb) Kalevi Korpela¹, Matti Ylén¹, Liisa Tyrväinen², Harri Silvennoinen³
  ¹Department of Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland, ²Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland, ³University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Finland
• The Importance of of Nature to Health & Well-being /2009 (pdf 3,2 Mb)
  Joanne Westphal, Michigan State University
• Nature, Experience, and Value: Does Beauty Still Matter? /2009 (pdf 3,1 Mb)
  Herb Schroeder, USDA Forest Service
• Access to green areas and the frequency of visits – a case study in Helsinki /2006 (pdf 3,0 Mb)
  Marjo Neuvonen, Tuija Sievänen, Susan Tönnes and Terhi Koskela, Metla
• Perceived constraints in participation in outdoor recreation /2005 (pdf 67 kb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Metla, Marjo Neuvonen, Metla, Olavi Paronen, UKK-institute, Eija Pouta, MTT Agrifood Research Finland

Recreation scenarios

• Sievänen, T. Nature-based tourism, outdoor recreation and adaptation to climate change. Seminarium om Klimatförändringar, turism och friluftsliv, Östersund 16.4.2007. (pdf 211 kb)
• Adaptation of cross-country skiing behavior to changing climate /2006 (pdf 1,4 Mb)
  Marjo Neuvonen, Tuija Sievänen, Metla
  Eija Pouta, MTT
• Changes in nature-based recreation caused by climate change /2006 (pdf 3,2 Mb)
  Marjo Neuvonen, Tuija Sievänen, Metla
  Eija Pouta, MTT
• Nature-based tourism, outdoor recreation and adaptation to climate change /2006 (pdf 0,4 Mb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Marjo Neuvonen, Metla, Eija Pouta, MTT, Arvo Peltonen, University of Joensuu, Jarkko Saarinen, Kaarina Tervo, Oulun yliopisto
• Adapting to climate change: Tourism and recreation /2003 (pdf 170 kb)
  Eija Pouta, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Economics, Marjo Neuvonen & Tuija Sievänen, Metla

Studies and descriptions of data

• Influences of survey timing on the accuracy of estimates of nature-based recreation activity /2005 (pdf 218 kb) Marjo Neuvonen, Metla
• "Fishing Finnish Fishermen" Finnish Outdoor Recreation Survey 1998-2000 /2000 (pdf 259 kb)
  Vesa Virtanen, Statistics Finland

Recreation Monitoring

• Dehez, J., Arneberger, A., Sievänen, T., Jensen, F. & Skov-Petersen, H. Recreation monitoring in European countries: results of COST Action E33. IUFRO 6 division Conference, Saarselkä. 2007. (pdf 1 Mb)
• Sievänen, T. Nation wide recreation monitoring methodology in Finland. Friluftsliv i förändring - research program workshop /2007 (pdf 252 kb)
• National Recreation Monitoring in Finland /2006 (pdf 1,5 Mb) Tuija Sievänen, Metla
• Regional variation in Outdoor Recreation in Finland /2003 (pdf 1,1 Mb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Metla, Marjo Neuvonen, Metla and Eija Pouta, University of Helsinki
• Visitor Information - Surveys and Countings in Finland /2002 (pdf 1,1 Mb)
  Tuija Sievänen, Metla and Joel Erkkonen, Metsähallitus

Others

• Outdoor recreation and everyman's rights in coastal areas in Finland /2009 (pdf 2,2 Mb)
  Marjo Neuvonen, Tuija Sievänen, Metla
• Social Science -based Knowledge and Resource Management in Finland: Metsähallitus as a Case /2006 (pdf 1,2 Mb) Tuija Sievänen, Metla