Cultural ecosystem services and their effects on human health and well-being - A cross-disciplinary methodological review

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Pröbstl Haider, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Economic Concepts; Environmental psychology; Ethnographic approach; Health psychology; Medical evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940786724     PISSN: 22130780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jort.2015.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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