A picture and 1000 words: Using resident-employed photography to understand attachment to high amenity places

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 580-606

  Stedman, Richard ^a   Beckley, Tom ^b   Wallace, Sara ^b   Ambard, Marke ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sense of place; Visitor employed photography

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SENSE OF PLACE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344281065     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2004.11950037     Document Type: Article

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