Table 2. Generalised linear mixed model predicting recreational demand in the countryside, controlling for population and county.
Standardised Coefficient | Std. Error | z | P | |
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Non-land cover variables | ||||
Path length (access within site) | 0.826 | 0.014 | 59.96 | *** |
Elevation | -0.370 | 0.017 | -22.22 | *** |
Distance to major road (access to site) | -0.132 | 0.013 | -9.83 | *** |
Land cover classes with positive effect | ||||
Built-up | 0.631 | 0.022 | 29.14 | *** |
Coast | 0.287 | 0.016 | 18.49 | *** |
Freshwater | 0.161 | 0.010 | 16.26 | *** |
Broadleaved woodland | 0.158 | 0.015 | 10.37 | *** |
Land cover classes with negative effect | ||||
Arable | -0.645 | 0.031 | -20.70 | *** |
Improved grassland | -0.129 | 0.022 | -5.80 | *** |
Lowland heath | -0.080 | 0.012 | -6.64 | *** |
Coniferous woodland | -0.078 | 0.013 | -6.18 | *** |
Semi-natural grassland | -0.043 | 0.016 | -2.73 | ** |
Constant | -0.697 | 0.077 | -9.06 | *** |
Dependent variable: the likelihood of visitation. P<0.001 ‘***’, P<0.01 ‘**’