Park visitors' perceptions of governance: a comparison between Ontario and British Columbia provincial parks management models

Tourism Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 31-50

  Pechlaner, Harald ^a   ButeauDuitschaever, Windekind C ^a   Mccutcheon, Bonnie ^a   Eagles, Paul F J ^a   Havitz, M E ^a   Glover, Troy D ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Governance; Management technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975827736     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605371011093854     Document Type: Article

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