Rural children's views on human activities and changes in a Greek Wetland

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-352

  Korfiatis, Konstantinos J ^a   Hovardas, Tasos ^a   Tsaliki, Elisavet ^b   Palmer, Joy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b Secondary Education Authorities   (Greece)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispositions; Environmental views; Greece; Human activities; Lake Kerkini; Rural children; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KERKINI LAKE; SERRAI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 62149143640     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802286645     Document Type: Article

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