Sustainable management of an alpine national park: Handling the two-edged effect of tourism

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-253

  Behrens, Doris A ^a,b   Bednar Friedl, Birgit ^c   Getzner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Food chain model; Nature based tourism; Optimal policy mix; Protected area management; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350035664     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-009-0087-1     Document Type: Article

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