When do normative standards matter most? Understanding the role of norm strength at multiple national park settings

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-142

  Kuentzel, Walter F ^a   Laven, Daniel ^b   Manning, Robert E ^a   Valliere, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Encounter norms; National parks; Norm strength; Social carrying capacity

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARK; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TOURIST DESTINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749127485     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400701881374     Document Type: Article

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