A Three-Pronged Approach for Identifying Quality of Life and Well-Being Indicators in Parks

Abstract:Despite a growing interest in how parks support quality of life and well-being, little guidance has been provided in the literature on how to identify which related outcomes are most relevant to the users of a given park. This research report seeks to demonstrate proof-of-concept for a process to identify quality of life and well-being outcome indicators by briefly presenting a three-pronged approach that utilizes visitor questionnaires, gathering 1) the five most salient outcome domains reported by users, 2) qualitative data pointing to outcome indicators within each outcome domain, and 3) spatial data concerning where participants obtained identified outcomes.