Crowding norms: Alternative measurement approaches

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-115

  Manning, Robert E ^a   Valliere, William A ^a   Wang, Benjamin ^a   Jacobi, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Acadia National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying Capacity; Crowding; Crowding Norms; Standards Of Quality

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033372469     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904099273174     Document Type: Article

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