Who visits a national park and what do they get out of it?: A joint visitor cluster analysis and travel cost model for Yellowstone National Park

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 917-928

  Benson, Charles ^a   Watson, Philip ^a   Taylor, Garth ^a   Cook, Philip ^a   Hollenhorst, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic benefit; National park; Travel cost model

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER SURPLUS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; NATIONAL PARKS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; TRAVEL COSTS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATIONAL PARK; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECREATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRAVEL COST MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RECREATION; WYOMING;

EID: 84885480713     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0143-4     Document Type: Article

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