Recreational Boating on Delaware's Inland Bays: Implications for Social andEnvironmental Carrying Capacity

摘要

The purpose of the study was to obtain information from recreational users,baywide, during the summer of 1991, to determine whether problems existed from a carrying capacity standpoint. The study had five objectives: (1) establish linkages between recreational uses and impacts on the bays and determine spatial relationships between the uses; (2) identify users' perceptions about specific environmental quality problems; (3) evaluate the potential of a range of management strategies for the Inland Bays; (4) develop recommendations for