Crowding norms at frontcountry sites: A visual approach to setting standards of quality

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-59

  Manning, Robert E ^a   Freimund, Wayne A ^b   Lime, David W ^c   Pitt, David G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Crowding norms; Frontcountry; Image capture technology; Standards of quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003824738     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490409609513271     Document Type: Article

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