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Bottom-Up Simulation for Evaluation of Recreational Boat Traffic Monitoring
Paul W. Box
University of Florida
Department of Geography
Skeletal Draft of Dissertation
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
INTRODUCTION
Background
Changing Nature of Florida's Coastal Geography
Increasing Pressures on Coastal Resources
Recreational Boat Traffic Pressure
Monitoring Recreational Boat Traffic
Necessity for Management of Affected Resources
Previous Efforts at Monitoring Recreational Boat Traffic in Florida
Inability to Assess Quality of Data
Approach to Problem
Purpose of Study
Objectives
Scope of Study
MODELING RECREATIONAL BOAT TRAFFIC
Rationale
Requirements of the Model
Desired Characteristics of Boat Traffic Model
Previous Efforts of Modeling Recreational Boat Traffic
Published Traffic and Spatial Interaction Models
Automobile Traffic
Spatial Interaction Models
Spatial Dynamics in Populations
Biologically Based Mobility Models
Recreation Simulations
Properties of Recreational Boat Traffic
Data Sources
Recreational Boats as a Self-Organizing System
STUDY AREA
Regional Setting
Physical Setting
Boat Traffic Infrastructure
Boating Population
Demography
Boats
Data Sources
Physical Setting
Shoreline.
Seagrass.
Bathymetry.
Traffic Infrastructure
Boating Facilities.
Speed Zones.
Waterways.
Boat Population
Boats.
Boater Behavior.
METHODOLOGY
Model Formulation
Conceptualization
Assumptions
Events
Model Implementation
Model Framework
Boats.
Boating Environment.
Scheduler.
Sequence of Events
Calibration
Embarkation Probabilities
Trip Length
Destinations
Paths to Destinations
Simulation Runs
Schedule Generation
Cartographic Output
Results AND DISCUSSION
Trafficsheds
Trafficshed Geography
Simulation Results
Multiple entry trafficsheds
Single entry trafficsheds
Implications
Regional Results
Simulation Results
Traffic Geography
Implications for Monitoring
Evaluation of Simulation Method
Basic Formulation
Destination Selection
Path Selection
Scale and Resolution
Sample Size
Objectives
Conclusions
Managing Boat Traffic
Objectives
Requisite Information
Roles of Simulation
Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down
Required Skills for Bottom-Up Modeling
Future of Recreational Boat Traffic Monitoring
DESTINATION ANALYSIS
Objective
Data Source and Format
Methodology
FREE LISTS OF DESTINATIONS
Summer Boaters
Winter Boaters
PROGRAM LISTINGS
llegada.pl
scheduler.pl
References
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Paul Box
3/11/1998