A population based assessment of the geographical accessibility of outdoor recreation opportunities in New Zealand

Applied Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-131

  Brabyn, L ^a   Sutton, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Geographical Information Systems; Population; Proximity; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GIS; MAPPING; OUTDOOR RECREATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84877351699     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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