사회적 수용력 연구에 있어 혼잡지각 관련연구 동향 분석

Abstract

One of the most important issues regarding outdoor recreation is sustaining user satisfaction and maintaining resources. It is mainly discussed by North American scholars as bringing up carrying capacity as a subject matter. The early study of outdoor recreation about carrying capacity begins with depicting physical and ecological characteristics of environment which wilderness has. Recently, human behaviors has expanded from the effect on outdoor recreation area to dealing user recreation experience in socio-psychological aspect. As explaining relations between perceived crowding and quality of recreation experience, the studies about social carrying capacity declare that the satisfaction is influenced on socially and psychologically perceived crowding rather than level of density. People feel crowded when they see more people than they expected. Perceived crowding can be explained as psychological dimension which passes physical density. Therefore, crowding means a imaginary assessment about not only matters of relations with density but also proper use level of specific behavior and environment. People feel crowded even though they are in low density situation. The reason why is that visitor thinks under his or her personal or social norm that there have to be less people. Responses to handle negative effect from perceived density can be sectionalized as perceived response like site succession, product shift, dissonance reduction and behavioral response like displacement. Users tend to adapt specific situation through rationalization. Since current studies focus on large scale North American outdoor recreation areas, It is difficult to apply the same for Korea. However, the reality is that studies in leisure and recreation are not sufficient enough. Several suggestions for further studies were discussed.