Norm accessibility: An exploratory study of backcountry and frontcountry recreational norms

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-191

  Basman, Cem M ^a   Manfredo, Michael J ^a   Barro, Susan C ^b   Vaske, Jerry J ^a   Watson, Alan ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcountry norms; Frontcountry norms; Norm accessibility; Norms; Recreational behavior; Salience

Indexed keywords

BACKCOUNTRY RECREATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRONTCOUNTRY RECREATION; NORM ACCESSIBILITY; PERCEPTION; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL NORMS;

EID: 0030431348     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490409609513280     Document Type: Article

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