Parks and families: Addressing management facilitators and constraints to outdoor recreation participation

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-334

  Reis, Arianne Carvalhedo ^a   Thompson Carr, Anna ^b   Lovelock, Brent ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Constraints; Family leisure; Leisure management; Outdoor recreation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897080006     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2012.737299     Document Type: Article

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