Changes in resident attitudes towards tourism development and conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1950-1959

  Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^a,b   Stronza, Amanda L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community based natural resource management; Conservation; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOTSWANA; COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TOURISM;

BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 79956013571     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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