Yu-Fai Leung

Bio

Yu-Fai uses geospatial analytics to advance the science and practice of sustainable visitor (recreation and tourism) management in parks and protected areas. He develops visitor use and impact indicators, monitoring protocols and efficacy evaluation tools for protected areas in the United States and abroad. His interests include examining how park use and environmental factors influence patterns and intensity of visitor impacts, and how such impacts influence subsequent visitor behavior and experience.

Publications

• Spatial heterogeneity of child malnutrition, proximity to protected areas and environmental variabilities in Zimbabwe , GEOJOURNAL (2023)
• The future of sustainable polar ship-based tourism , Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures (2023)
• Behavioural responses of two penguin species to human presence at Barrientos Island, a popular tourist site in the Antarctic Peninsula region , ANTARCTIC SCIENCE (2022)
• Citizen science as a tool for enhancing recreation research in protected areas: Applications and opportunities , Journal of Environmental Management (2022)
• Experiencing Antarcticness: Slow tourists, fast penguins, and timeless landscapes , Antarcticness: Inspirations and Imaginaries (2022)
• From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems , JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2022)
• GIS&T in Recreation Planning and Management , Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (2022)
• Tourists’ motivations, learning, and trip satisfaction facilitate pro-environmental outcomes of the Antarctic tourist experience , Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (2022)
• What are the real environmental impacts of Antarctic tourism? Unveiling their importance through a comprehensive meta-analysis , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (2022)
• "More Helpful than Hurtful"? Information, Technology, and Uncertainty in Outdoor Recreation , LEISURE SCIENCES (2021)