The economic valuation of nature-based tourism in the South African Kgalagadi area and implications for the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ community

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 306-322

  Dikgang, Johane ^a,b   Muchapondwa, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

choice experiment; Kgalagadi; Khomani San; logit; nature based tourism; PES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908550305     PISSN: 21606544     EISSN: 21606552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2014.912594     Document Type: Article

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