Place as relationship partner: An alternative metaphor for understanding the quality of visitor experience in a backcountry setting

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-349

  Brooks, Jeffrey J ^a   Wallace, George N ^b   Williams, Daniel R ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Emergent experience; Identity; Place meanings; Relationship to place; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL PARK; PERCEPTION; SENSE OF PLACE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749852236     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400600745852     Document Type: Article

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