Who benefits from recreational use of protected areas?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Booth, Josephine E ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Armsworth, Paul R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Protected areas; Recreation; Recreational benefits; Sites of special scientific interest; Social inclusion; SSSI; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958480126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03450-150319     Document Type: Article

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