Why Do So Few Minority People Visit National Parks? Visitation and the Accessibility of "America's Best Idea"

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-464

  Weber, Joe ^a   Sultana, Selima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

accessibility; national parks; race

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DATABASE; ETHNIC MINORITY; LOCATION DECISION; NATIONAL PARK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; RACE;

EID: 84876431192     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.689240     Document Type: Article

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