The use of public participation GIS (PPGIS) for park visitor management: A case study of mountain biking

Tourism Management

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-130

  Wolf, Isabelle D ^a,b   Wohlfart, Teresa ^a   Brown, Greg ^c   Bartolomé Lasa, Abraham ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mountain biking; Protected areas; Public participation GIS; Spatial distributions; Visitor activity management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; GPS; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPORT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84934874162     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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