Planning of recreational trails in protected areas: Application of regression tree analysis and geographic information systems

Applied Geography

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-139

  Tomczyk, Aleksandra M ^a   Ewertowski, Marek ^a,b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Least cost path; Nature conservation; Recreation ecology; Trail designing; Trail impact

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

POLAND;

EID: 84875111282     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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