<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the results of the survey on the preferences of disabled people in wheelchairs for selected features recreational trails in the woods. The study was conducted in 2015, including a sample of 130 people older than 18 years, in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (52 interviews in Poland, 21 in the Czech Republic and 57 in Slovakia). Respondents were interviewed both at the premises of the organisation as well as by email. The questions in the survey were designed to determine the preferences of the respondents in terms of recreational trails in the forests concerned: the optimal length of the route, recreational and educational points along the distribution routes of and usability of different types of forest roads. The results show that there is quite a lot of differences between the preferences of respondents from each of the analysed countries. Respondents from the Poland and Slovakia prefer shorter routes for recreation in forests, with a greater incidence of recreational and educational points along the route, whilst respondents in the Czech Republic prefer far longer routes, with a relatively larger distance between recreational points. In all the analysed countries, people with disabilities attributed highest usefulness to asphalt surfaces, concrete surfaces or surfaces made of cobblestones. The surface evaluated lowest for usability was made of wood.</p></abstract>

The article presents the results of the survey on the preferences of disabled people in wheelchairs for selected features recreational trails in the woods. The study was conducted in 2015, including a sample of 130 people older than 18 years, in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (52 interviews in Poland, 21 in the Czech Republic and 57 in Slovakia). Respondents were interviewed both at the premises of the organisation as well as by email. The questions in the survey were designed to determine the preferences of the respondents in terms of recreational trails in the forests concerned: the optimal length of the route, recreational and educational points along the distribution routes of and usability of different types of forest roads. The results show that there is quite a lot of differences between the preferences of respondents from each of the analysed countries. Respondents from the Poland and Slovakia prefer shorter routes for recreation in forests, with a greater incidence of recreational and educational points along the route, whilst respondents in the Czech Republic prefer far longer routes, with a relatively larger distance between recreational points. In all the analysed countries, people with disabilities attributed highest usefulness to asphalt surfaces, concrete surfaces or surfaces made of cobblestones. The surface evaluated lowest for usability was made of wood.

Preferences of people with disabilities on wheelchairs in relation to forest trails for recreational in selected European countries

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Landscape Management, Zemedelska 3, 613 00 Brno,

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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The article presents the results of the survey on the preferences of disabled people in wheelchairs for selected features recreational trails in the woods. The...

Preferences of people with disabilities on wheelchairs in relation to forest trails for recreational in selected European countries

Published Online: Oct 08, 2016

Page range: 116 - 122

Received: Mar 07, 2016

Accepted: Aug 04, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2016-0013

Keywords
disabled, development of tourism, recreation management, forest recreation management, forest roads

© 2016 Emilia Janeczko et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Preferences of people with disabilities on wheelchairs in relation to forest trails for recreational in selected European countries

Published Online: Oct 08, 2016

Page range: 116 - 122

Received: Mar 07, 2016

Accepted: Aug 04, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2016-0013

Keywordsdisabled, development of tourism, recreation management, forest recreation management, forest roads

© 2016 Emilia Janeczko et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
disabled, development of tourism, recreation management, forest recreation management, forest roads