The role of distance in peri-urban national park use: Who visits them and how far do they travel?

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-88

  Rossi, Sebastian Dario ^a   Byrne, Jason Antony ^a   Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Gravity model; Park use; Travel patterns; Urban rural fringe; Visitor

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL PARK; PERIURBAN AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84933518687     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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