Visitor perceptions and the shifting social carrying capacity of South Sinai's coral reefs

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-489

  Leujak, Wera ^a   Ormond, Rupert F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowding; Environmental awareness; Red Sea; Social carrying capacity; Tourism area cycle; Visitor perceptions

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; SOCIAL CARRYING CAPACITY; VISITOR PERCEPTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PARKS; REEFS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CARRYING CAPACITY; CORAL REEF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CORAL REEF; CROWDING; DIVER; EGYPT; EXPERIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AWARENESS; BATHING BEACHES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EGYPT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; JANUB SINA; NORTH AFRICA; RAS MOHAMMED NATIONAL PARK; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SHARM EL SHEIKH; SINAI;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33947302564     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0040-1     Document Type: Article

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