Combining ecological and recreational aspects in national park management: A choice experiment application

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1231-1239

  Juutinen, Artti ^a,b,c   Mitani, Yohei ^d   Mäntymaa, Erkki ^c   Shoji, Yasushi ^e   Siikamäki, Pirkko ^b,f   Svento, Rauli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Management effectiveness; National park; Visitor preferences; Welfare effects

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TRADE-OFF; WELFARE IMPACT;

FINLAND; OULANKA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 79953770136     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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