Towards the ecotourism: A decision support model for the assessment of sustainability of mountain huts in the Alps

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2554-2564

  Stubelj Ars, Mojca ^a   Bohanec, Marko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Alps; Decision model; Decision support; Ecotourism; Mountain hut; Protected area management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFORMS;

ALP; ALPINE REGIONS; DECISION MODELING; DECISION SUPPORT MODELLING; DECISION SUPPORTS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; ECO-TOURISMS; MOUNTAIN HUT; NATIONAL PARKS; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOTOURISM; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUNTAIN; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOUNTAINEERING; NATIONAL PARK; SLOVENIA; TOURISM;

ALPS; SLOVENIA; TRIGLAV NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77956884086     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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