Understanding equity in the recreation user fee context

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-442

  Nyaupane, Gyan P ^a   Graefe, Alan R ^b   Burns, Robert C ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged groups; Entry fee; Equity dimensions; Equity measurement; Public lands; Public response

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MODELING; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; USER FEE;

EID: 34848920670     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400701394899     Document Type: Article

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