Ten factors that affect the severity of environmental impacts of visitors in protected areas

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Park management; Recreation ecology; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TRAVEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; RECREATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRAVEL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77951024248     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-009-0007-6     Document Type: Review

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