User fees as sustainable financing mechanisms for marine protected areas: An application to the Bonaire National Marine Park

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-69

  Thur, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine protected area (MPA); Natural resource valuation; Scuba diving; User fee

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE PARK; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SCUBA DIVING; SUSTAINABILITY; USER FEE; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAIRE; BONAIRE NATIONAL MARINE PARK; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

EID: 70349479461     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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