Past on-site experience, crowding perceptions, and use displacement of visitor groups to a peri-urban national park

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-45

  Arnberger, Arne ^a   Brandenburg, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crowding; Local residents; Park based tourism; Past experience; Regional visitors; Use displacement

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; LOCAL RESIDENTS; PARK-BASED TOURISM; REGIONAL VISITORS; USE DISPLACEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PARKS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

RURAL AREAS;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERCROWDING; PERCEPTION; PERIURBAN AREA; RESIDENT POPULATION; TOURISM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CROWDING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; TOURISM;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE FLOODPLAINS NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA;

EID: 34249887630     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0355-8     Document Type: Article

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