Boater preferences for beach characteristics downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-211

  Stewart, William ^a   Larkin, Kevin ^a,d   Orland, Brian ^b   Anderson, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c StatDesign   (United States)

^d White Mountain National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term impacts; Release flows from dams; River recreation; User preferences

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; DOWN-STREAM; DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; INSTREAM FLOWS; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; RELEASE FLOW FROM DAM; RIVER RECREATION; SOCIAL VALUES; USER GROUPS; USER'S PREFERENCES;

RIVERS;

BEACH; BOATING; DAM; DECISION MAKING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RIVER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; GLEN CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142106357     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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