LAWI100105 Basics of leisure and recreation planning

Type: course with continuous assessment
Semester hours: 3
Lecturer (assistant): Taczanowska, Karolina , Arnberger, Arne , Eder, Renate
Organisation: Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning
Offered in: Sommersemester 2026
Languages of instruction: Deutsch
Content: Please note: Lecture and seminar units are in German.

The course is divided in a lecture and seminar part.

Topics of the lecture units:
- History of recreation and leisure, definitions of leisure, recreation and eco-tourism
Leisure trends
- User characteristics and recreation areas
- Conflicts between recreation and nature and conflicts among users of recreation areas
- Crowding theories and concepts
- Selected visitor monitoring methods
- Analysis of visitor data
- Visitor management and management frameworks

Seminar part:
Development and conducting a survey of recreationists in Viennese recreation areas.
Previous knowledge expected: no previous knowledge expected
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences): Students are able to identify different user groups visiting recreation and conservation areas, and know their recreational needs
Students know causes for user conflicts and visitor crowding
They know methods to solve user conflicts and conflicts between user groups and conservation issues
They know methods to monitor and manage recreational use
Students can develop basics for a sustainable visitor management

You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.