A two-pronged approach to evaluating environmental concerns of disc golf as emerging recreation in urban natural areas

Managing Leisure

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-285

  Leung, Yu Fai ^a   Walden Schreiner, Chelsey ^a   Matisoff, Craig ^a   Naber, Michael ^b   Robinson, Jessica ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

disc; emerging recreation; golf; impact evaluation; recreation management; urban natural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887069442     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606719.2013.809181     Document Type: Article

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