Investigating knowledge and perceptions of citizens of the National Park of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Jones, Nikoleta ^a   Iosifides, Theodoros ^a   Evangelinos, Konstantinos I ^a   Florokapi, Ioanna ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation policy; Perceptions; Protected areas; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; KNOWLEDGE; NATIONAL PARK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE];

EID: 84857575742     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.584579     Document Type: Article

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