Bettina Spernbauer
MS - Recreation Resource Management
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Email: bettina.spernbauer@gmail.comBiography
Bettina is pursuing her MS degree in Recreation Resource Management as an Austrian Fulbright student, with research focusing on CO2 emissions caused by outdoor recreation. She completed her undergraduate studies in Natural Area Management and Environmental Planning at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria, including a semester studying Alpine Ecology in Norway. She has worked in several projects around sustainable tourism, protected area management, as a GIS teaching assistant, and is actively engaged in the Austrian Alpine Association. Her research interests are impacts of recreation and tourism on mountain ecosystems, visitor and protected area management as well as spatial analysis.
Advisors: Jordan W. Smith, Ph.D., Chris Monz, Ph.D.