Recreational Usage Patterns of Shoalwater Bay and Adjacent Waters

Gayle Jennings
Rural Social and Economic Research Centre
Central Queensland University

April 1998

1. COVER PAGE & VERSO [Adobe Acrobat Format 75.00KB]
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 338.00KB]
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 378.32KB]
4. PREFACE [Adobe Acrobat Format 35.58KB]
5. SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 338.00KB]
   • Background
   • Methods
   • Findings and Discussion
   • Management Issues
6. SHOALWATER BAY STUDY [Adobe Acrobat Format 578.11KB]
   • Introduction
   • Aim of the study
   • Background
   • Literature Review
   • Motivations
   • Participation rates and patterns
   • The Demographics of the Study Area
   • Conflict
   • Newspaper reports
7. METHODOLOGY [Adobe Acrobat Format 544.86KB]
   • Quantitative Methodology: User surveys
   • Sampling information
   • Mail surveys
   • Club surveys
   • Self Selection Surveys
   • Commercial operator surveys
   • Ethical Considerations
   • Quantitative Methodology: Secondary data sources
   • Qualitative Methodology
   • Open ended survey questions
   • Modified Delphi Technique
   • Conclusion to Methodology Section
8. FINDINGS [Adobe Acrobat Format 3188.79KB]
   • Expert opinion
   • Secondary data source findings - Aerial surveillance
   • Mail Survey
   • Club surveys
   • Self Selection Survey
   • Commercial Operator Survey
9. DISCUSSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 724.50KB]
10. CONCLUSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 83.65KB]
11. MANAGEMENT ISSUES [Adobe Acrobat Format 116.73KB]
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 107.44KB]
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY [Adobe Acrobat Format 282.08KB]
14. APPENDICES [Adobe Acrobat Format 4666.43KB]

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