Managing for recreational experience opportunities: The case of hikers in protected areas in Catalonia, Spain

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 482-496

  Farías Torbidoni, Estela Inés ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Consultancy Socioambiental Ecogestion ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Hiking; Motivation; Natura 2000; Outdoor recreation; Protected natural areas; Visitor typology

Indexed keywords

HIKING; NATURA 2000; NATURAL AREAS; OUTDOOR RECREATION; VISITOR TYPOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PLANNING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PROTECTED AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TYPOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENJOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIKER; HIKING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROTECTED NATURAL AREA; RECREATION; SATISFACTION; SOLITARY EXPERIENCE; SPAIN; SPORT; TOURISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SPAIN; WILDERNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954451142     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9606-z     Document Type: Article

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