A Study on the Characteristics of Trail Use and Trail Users' Perception Regarding Visitor Impact Levels on Baekdudaegan Trails of Korea

백두대간 등산로 이용행태 및 환경영향 수준에 대한 이용객 인식

  • Published : 2009.12.31

Abstract

This study was conducted to provide information which will be useful for establishing and implementing effective management policy for Baekdudaegan Trail and user satisfaction by investigating the characteristics of trail use and users' perceptions of the environmental impacts on the trail. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was employed in Baekdudaegan trail by three topological types. With this classification, the characteristics of the way the trails used and users' perceptions of the impacts were analysed in terms of ecological, physical and social environments. The result showed that the Baekdudaegan trail was used mainly for mountaineering rather vacation or travel, and found no differences in the characteristics of the trail use by the types. Ecological environment showed no significant relation with user satisfaction, however changes in physical environmental factors such as a trail width functioned as a negative component to decrease use experience. In addition, the satisfaction of the users had little to do with social environment, when the level of using the trail was relatively low. To present, the levels of impacts on ecological, physical and social environments and the users' satisfaction level regarding the Baekdudaegan trail appear to be positive. However, the increase of use level is expected in the future, and therefore systematic managerial measures need to be implemented to monitor the changes of the trails and interactions of the environmental impacts.

본 연구는 백두대간 등산로가 지닌 자원과 이용의 특성, 등산이용에 따른 환경영향에 대한 등산객 인식을 파악함으로써 이용과 관리상의 현안과제를 도출하고 등산경험 제고와 보다 효과적인 백두대간 등산로 관리정책의 입안과 집행을 위한 자료를 제공하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 백두대간 등산로를 입지와 지형적 특성을 고려한 3가지 유형으로 구분하여 각 구간별 이용행태와 등산객에 의해 발생할 수 있는 생태적, 물리적, 사회적 환경요소들의 영향수준에 대한 등산객의 인식을 분석하였다. 분석결과 이용행태는 구간별로 차이를 보이지 않았으며 백두대간 등산로는 휴양이나 여행과 같은 다목적의 이용보다는 순수한 등산의 목적지로 인식되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 등산로 주변 생태적 환경은 이용 만족도와 상관관계를 보이지 않았으나 등산로 폭과 같은 물리적 환경의 변형은 백두대간 이용경험에 부정적 영향을 미치는 요인으로 나타났다. 사회적 환경 지표의 경우는 만족도와 상관관계가 없는 것으로 분석되었는데 이는 현행 백두대간 등산로의 이용밀도가 낮은 것에 기인한 결과로 판단된다. 백두대간 등산로의 생태적, 물리적, 사회적 환경에의 영향은 비교적 양호한 수준으로 현재까지 이용 경험의 질 저하는 나타나고 있지 않으나 향후 이용수준의 증가가 예상됨에 따라 제환경 영향요소간의 상호작용과 변화를 모니터할 수 있는 체계적 관리방안의 도입이 필요하다.

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