Environmental control for determining human impact and permanent visitor capacity in a potential show cave before tourist use

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-167

  Calaforra, Jose M ^a   Fernandez Cortes A ^a   Sanchez Martos F ^a   Gisbert, J ^a   Pulido Bosch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cave management; Environmental impact; Karst; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CAVES; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CAVE; KARST; TOURISM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; SPAIN; TOURISM;

SPAIN;

EID: 0042658334     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903000146     Document Type: Article

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