Growing demand for outdoor recreation puts pressure on highly-frequented peri-urban areas. In the Netherlands, a more equal distribution of recreationists has been proposed by the Dutch government to relieve pressure on overcrowded recreation hotspots. Devising landscape planning strategies that redirect recreation flows requires reliable data on areas that people currently use and what areas would also be suitable for recreation. Such data may not be available for local planners. The objective of this study was therefore to analyse how different data gathering methods can support local recreation planning.

For an empirical case study in the Netherlands, we compare data on current and potential use of landscapes for outdoor recreation through participatory mapping, free listing, quantitative photo ranking, and analysis of social media data. Based on maps produced from these different data we interviewed local planners to assess how applicable and relevant the different methods are for planning practice. Local planners indicated they had limited knowledge of and access to scientific methods and insights. Their assessment of different methods suggests that some methods are not yet applied for local planning, such as free listing or participatory mapping. These methods have potential to be used for evidence-based planning, because they require few resources to be implemented. Planners also indicated that using social media data would be interesting, but that the skills required to collect and analyse data are typically not currently in place. Our results show the potential and challenges for research methods to be integrated into local planning practice to distribute recreation flows more effectively.

户外休闲需求的增长给频繁的城市周边地区带来了压力。在荷兰，荷兰政府提出了更为平等的休闲娱乐者分布，以缓解过度拥挤的休闲娱乐热点的压力。设计重定向休闲活动的景观规划策略需要有关人们当前使用的区域以及哪些区域也适合休闲的可靠数据。这样的数据可能不适用于本地计划者。因此，本研究的目的是分析不同的数据收集方法如何支持当地的休闲娱乐计划。

对于荷兰的经验案例研究，我们比较了当前和潜在的数据通过参与性地图绘制，免费列出，定量照片排名和社交媒体数据分析，将景观用于户外休闲。根据从这些不同数据生成的地图，我们采访了当地规划人员，以评估不同方法在规划实践中的适用性和相关性。当地规划人员表示，他们对科学方法和见解的了解有限。他们对不同方法的评估表明，某些方法尚未应用于本地规划，例如免费列表或参与式地图绘制。这些方法有潜力用于基于证据的计划，因为它们需要的资源很少。规划人员还表示，使用社交媒体数据会很有趣，但是目前通常没有收集和分析数据所需的技能。我们的结果表明，将研究方法集成到本地规划实践中以更有效地分配娱乐流量的潜力和挑战。