Giving voice to wildlands visitors: Selecting indicators to protect and sustain experiences in the eastern arctic of Nunavut

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 880-888

  Watson, Alan ^a   Glaspell, Brian ^b   Christensen, Neal ^a   Lachapelle, Paul ^c   Sahanatien, Vicki ^d   Gertsch, Frances ^e  

^a USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factors of influence; Limits of acceptable change; Parks management; Recreation; Social indicators; Visitor experiences; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

FACTORS OF INFLUENCE; LIMITS OF ACCEPTABLE CHANGE; PARKS MANAGEMENT; RECREATION; SOCIAL INDICATORS; VISITOR EXPERIENCES; WILDERNESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PARKS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTION; RECREATION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NUNAVUT; RECREATION;

AUYUITTUQ NATIONAL PARK; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 36549053587     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9019-9     Document Type: Article

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