Identifying and mapping the tourists' perception of cultural ecosystem services: A case study from an Alpine region

Land Use Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 251-261

  Zoderer, Brenda Maria ^a,b   Tasser, Erich ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^b   Lupo Stanghellini, Paola Sabina ^a   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cultural ecosystem service; Ecosystem service mapping; Ecosystem service potential; Land use change; Landscape perception; Traditional landscape

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM;

ALPS; ALTO ADIGE; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 84970024173     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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