Contact with nature: Recreation experience preferences in Australian parks

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-69

  Weber, Delene ^a   Anderson, Dorothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Outcomes focused management; Park; Recreation experience preferences; Settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863331471     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2010.9686837     Document Type: Article

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