Resource road management complexity and efficacy assessment in access management : toward implementation of effective access management for southern British Columbia
department or school: Arts and Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of (Okanagan)
department or school: Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Department of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: DeWolff, Brent
issued: 2016-04-26T20:23:41Z
issued: 2016
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Resource roads are a dominant feature of southern British Columbia (BC), and function within a complex coupled human-environment system. There is presently a problem of how best to manage human motorized access on these roads to limit negative environmental impacts. Access management (AM) strategies are closures to regulate accessibility, and are one method to improve the resilience of vulnerable wilderness areas. This paper conceptualizes and characterizes the use and management of roads in southern BC using complex systems theory, and explores the efficacy of AM. A questionnaire was developed to map the network of preliminary road management stakeholders, and assess how organizations collaborate to manage road use and impacts. Four types of AM strategies in two case study locations were monitored to assess the proportional field effectiveness of gates, signs, temporary closures, and unmarked closures. Stakeholder involvement in AM planning differs based on connectivity to local management entities, affecting education of management rationale and objectives, and hindering AM effectiveness. Informed road users can evaluate their impact prior to road use, where a similar decision may be conducted without due consideration of consequences. Network analyses found the preliminary resource road management network in southern BC is highly fragile and disconnected, a fundamental barrier to education. Field assessments showed that gates, signage, and temporary closures should buffer a wilderness area from approximately 86% of public vehicle traffic with a 95% confidence interval of 84% to 88% when AM strategies are applied in a manner similar to those herein assessed. The study notes that where resource harvesting is ongoing, the distribution of road traffic is estimated to be 39% industry traffic with a 95% confidence interval of 37% to 41%, and 61% public traffic with a 95% confidence interval of 59% to 63%. Network analyses and field evaluation of applied effectiveness i…
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note: RESOURCE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPLEXITY AND EFFICACY ASSESSMENT IN ACCESS MANAGEMENT: TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA by Brent DeWolff B.A., The University of British Columbia Okanagan, 2014 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Environmental Sciences) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2016 © Brent DeWolff, 2016 ii Examination Committee The undersigned certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: RESOURCE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPLEXITY AND EFFICACY ASSESSMENT IN ACCESS MANAGEMENT: TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Submitted by Brent DeWolff in partial fulfillment of the requirements of The degree of Master of Science . Dr. Kevin Hanna, Earth and Environmental Sciences Supervisor, Professor (please print name and faculty/school above the line) Dr. Lael Parrott, Earth and Environmental Sciences Supervisory Committee Member, Professor (please print name and faculty/school in the line above) Dr. Donna Senese, Community, Culture and Global Studies Supervisory Committee Member, Professor (please print name and faculty/school in the line above) Dr. Constance Compton, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies University Examiner, Professor (please print name and faculty/school in the line above) External Examiner, Professor (please print name and university in the line above) April 19, 2016 (Date submitted to Grad Studies) iii Abstract Resource roads are a dominant feature of southern British Columbia (BC), and function within a complex coupled human-environment system. There is presently a problem of how best to manage human motorized access on these roads to limit negative environmental impacts. Access management (AM) strategies are closures to regulate accessibility, and are one method to improve the re…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2016-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0300289
language: eng
degree discipline: Environmental Sciences
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57895