Determination of indicators and standards for tourism impacts in protected Karaj River, Iran

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-63

  Azizi Jalilian, Mona ^a   Danehkar, Afshin ^a   Shaban Ali Fami, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Indicators; Karaj River; Limits of acceptable change; Protection; Recreational areas; Tourism impact; Visitor

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PROTECTED AREA; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

IRAN; KARAJ RIVER; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 80052481325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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