Assessment of the effectiveness of protected areas management in iran: Case study in khojir national park

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 514-530

  Kolahi, Mahdi ^a   Sakai, Tetsuro ^a   Moriya, Kazuyuki ^a   Makhdoum, Majid F ^b   Koyama, Lina ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assessment; Iran; Khojir National Park; Management effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; IRAN; MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS; MULTI-METHOD APPROACH; NATIONAL PARKS; PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NUMBER THEORY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; WATER SUPPLY;

MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IRAN; LAND USE; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL PARK; NORMAL HUMAN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STAFF TRAINING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IRAN; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

IRAN; KHOJIR NATIONAL PARK; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84880828532     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0061-5     Document Type: Article

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