Factors influencing local residents' attitude towards nature conservation in natural tourism destination: A comparative study on China's Jiuzhaigou National park and UK's new Forest National Park

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6487-6494

  Cheng, Shaowen ^a,b   Zhang, Jie ^a   Xu, Feifei ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude towards nature conservation; Jiuzhaigou national park; Natural tourism destination; New forest national park (NF)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SURVEY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; JIUZHAIGOU NATIONAL PARK; NEW FOREST; SICHUAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952718956     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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