Estimation of off-track visits in a nature reserve: A case study in central Belgium

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 311-321

  Dumont, Barbara ^a   Roovers, Pieter ^a   Gulinck, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Friction model; Nature reserve; Off track visits; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SURVEYS;

BELGIUM; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NATURE RESERVES; TERRAINS;

URBAN PLANNING;

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; NATURE RESERVE; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11444270718     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(04)00084-2     Document Type: Review

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