Measuring perceived crowding for high-density river recreation: The effects of situational conditions and personal factors

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-112

  Tarrant, Michael A ^a   Cordell, H Kenneth ^b   Kibler, Tamela L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived encounters; Preferred encounters; Social carrying capacities; Tolerable encounters; Use specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031487872     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490409709512242     Document Type: Article

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