空气质量下降对西太平洋森林国家公园的夏季高峰游客数量影响很小
Madeline Brown1, Jeffrey Jenkins2, Crystal Kolden2
1Environmental Systems, University of California, Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95340, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|April 17, 2024
概括
野火烟雾污染并没有阻止国家公园的游客. 在空气质量差的时期,出席人数往往会增加,这表明人们对空气质量下降所带来的风险有耐受性.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 太平洋西部的野火正在增加,导致烟雾中的大气颗粒物 (PM2.5) 增加.
- 峰值颗粒物水平与夏季旅行季节国家公园游客峰值相吻合.
- 颗粒物对游客的健康,安全,可见性和整体体验构成风险.
研究的目的:
- 评估国家公园参观者对野火烟雾造成的空气质量下降的反应.
- 为了分析颗粒物 (PM2.5) 水平与太平洋西部国家公园的月度出勤人数之间的关系.
- 了解游客在参观公园期间对空气质量下降的容忍度.
主要方法:
- 使用的野火产生的颗粒物 (PM2.5) 数据 (2009-2019).
- 将每日PM2.5水平与华盛顿,俄勒冈和加利福尼亚州八个国家公园的月度出勤记录进行比较.
- 采用肯德尔的Tau和ANOVA,并使用后期的Tukey测试进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 由于PM2.5水平增加,国家公园的游客人数并没有下降.
- 在空气质量下降的时期,观察到统计学上显著的出席率增加.
- 由于高峰季节 (7月至9月) 空气质量恶化,出席人数没有显著下降.
结论:
- 游客似乎愿意容忍空气质量下降,优先考虑公园参观而不是空气质量问题.
- 在非最佳或危险的空气质量条件下,高访客数量带来管理挑战.
- 需要可扩展的策略,以减轻暴露在野火烟雾中的游客的健康和体验影响.
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