Promoting responsible camping: research

This research assessed why some outdoor users behave responsibly within official guidelines, while others behave irresponsibly or illegally, when camping with tents in Scotland.


Footnotes

1 Visit Scotland (2019)

2 Scottish Outdoor Access Code (2022)

3 Land Reform Review Group (2014)

4 Visit Scotland (2021)

5 Scottish Outdoor Access Code (2005)

6 Scottish Outdoor Access Code (2021)

7 Visits to the Outdoors | National Performance Framework (Accessed April 2022)

8 Scottish Outdoor Access Code (2005)

9 Scottish Government (2013)

10 Poll of 2,121 UK residents aged 16 and older by Panelbase and BritainThinks (2021)

11 Progressive (2019)

12 Ibid.

13 The interplay of attitude and knowledge is used in other behaviour change models, such as Geller’s four ‘performer’ stages: unconscious incompetence; conscious incompetence; conscious competence; unconscious competence (Geller, E. S., 2002)

14 Progressive (2019)

15 Progressive (2019)

16 Moghimehfar, F. (2016)

17 Marion, J. & Reid, S. (2007)

18 Kim, A. K. (2012)

19 For example, the VisitScotland website states that “It’s not complicated - basically, campers should follow a policy of ‘leave-no-trace’”: Wild Camping in Scotland | VisitScotland (Accessed April 2022)

20 Marzano, M. & Dandy, N. (2012)

21 Kolodko, J. & Read, D. (2018)

22 Barr, Stewart et al (2011).

23 Auckland Council (2017)

24 Progressive (2019)

25 Kolodko & Read (2018)

26 Scottish Natural Heritage (2015)

27 New South Wales Government (2005)

28 Marion & Reid (2007)

29 Natural England (2022)

30 Cairngorms NPA (2021)

31 Kolodko & Read (2018)

32 Collin, D. (2018)

33 Settina, N., Marion, J., & Schwartz, F. (2020)

34 Auckland Council (2017)

35 Kolodko & Read (2018)

36 Marion & Reid (2007)

37 Marion & Reid (2007)

38 For example, a blog by Tiso, an outdoor retailer, shows an image of an open campfire at the top of an article about wild camping spots: Top Wild Camping Spots | #ClaimYourCorbett (tiso.com)

39 Auckland Council (2017)

40 Scottish Natural Heritage (2015)

41 Settina et al. (2020)

42 Marion & Reid (2007)

43 Scottish Natural Heritage (2015)

44 Jenkinson, S. (2011)

45 Walkhighlands: Scotland walks and accommodation

46 Wild camping spots in Scotland: These are the 8 best (redbull.com)

47 Kolodko & Read (2018)

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