Title Page -- Copyrights -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Outdoor Recreation Research and Management at Acadia National Park -- Part I: Indicators and Standards of Quality -- Chapter 1: Visitor Use of Acadia National Park -- Chapter 2: Standards of Quality in Parks and Outdoor Recreation -- Chapter 3: Indicators and Standards of Quality for the Schoodic Peninsula -- Chapter 4: Indicators and Standards of Quality for Trail and Campsite Conditions at Isle au Haut -- Chapter 5: Indicators of Quality of the Visitor Experience on Ocean Drive -- Chapter 6: Research to Guide Trail Management at Acadia National Park -- Chapter 7: Indicators and Standards of Quality across Space and Time -- Chapter 8: Do Parks Make Good Neighbors? Community Residents' Perceptions of Acadia National Park -- Chapter 9: Design and Assessment of Transportation Systems on Mount Desert Island -- Chapter 10: Crowding in Parks and Outdoor Recreation -- Chapter 11: Crowding, Conflict, and Coping in Outdoor Recreation -- Chapter 12: Use of Visual Research Methods to Measure Standards of Quality for Parks and Outdoor Recreation -- Chapter 13: Alternative Measurement Approaches for Normative Standards of Crowding in Parks and Outdoor Recreation -- Chapter 14: What's Behind the Numbers? Qualitative Insights into Normative Research in Outdoor Recreation -- Part II: Monitoring -- Chapter 15: Monitoring Recreation Visits to Acadia National Park -- Chapter 16: Design and Implementation of a Monitoring Program for the Carriage Roads -- Chapter 17: Computer Simulation Modeling as a Monitoring Tool for the Carriage Roads -- Chapter 18: Monitoring and Assessing Trail Conditions at Acadia National Park -- Chapter 19: Monitoring Visitor Impacts on Cadillac Mountain Using Remote Sensing.

Chapter 20: Monitoring Parking Lot Conditions to Assess the Effectiveness of Alternative Transportation and Travel Information Technologies at Acadia National Park -- Part III: Management -- Chapter 21: Managing Visitor Impacts on Cadillac Mountain -- Chapter 22: Using Computer Simulation Modeling to Support Management of Social Carrying Capacity of Ocean Drive -- Chapter 23: A Comparative Study of Tradeoffs among Trail Attributes at Acadia National Park -- Chapter 24: A Stated-Choice Analysis of Visitor Preferences on Cadillac Mountain -- Chapter 25: Assessing the Effectiveness of Intelligent Transportation System Technology to Manage Visitor Use at Acadia National Park -- Chapter 26: An Experiment in Park Traffic Patterns on the Acadia National Park Loop Road -- Conclusion: Managing Parks and People -- References Cited -- Index.