Evaluating U.S. National heritage areas: Theory, methods, and application

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-212

  Laven, Daniel ^a   Ventriss, Curtis ^b   Manning, Robert ^b   Mitchell, Nora ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation research; National heritage areas; Networks; Program theory model

Indexed keywords

BLACKSTONE; COMMUNITY GROUP; DELAWARES; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEDERAL AGENCY; NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; NETWORKS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PRIVATE SECTORS; PROCESS EVALUATION; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; RAPID GROWTH; RESEARCH AGENDA; RIVER VALLEY; STUDY SITES; THEORY MODEL;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PARKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH;

CULTURAL HERITAGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING THEORY; PROTECTED AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956188269     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9514-2     Document Type: Review

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