Grasslands as a sustainable tourism resource in Germany: Environmental knowledge effects on resource conservation preferences

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 174-191

  Barkmann, Jan ^a   Zschiegner, Anne Kathrin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amenity value; Environmental knowledge; Germany; Lower Saxony; Open spaces; Pro environmental action; Saxony Anhalt; Willingness to pay; WTP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION;

AMENITY VALUES; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; OPEN SPACES; SAXONY-ANHALT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77949752681     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijstm.2010.032076     Document Type: Article

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