Community-based ecotourism management for sustainable development of marine protected areas in Malaysia

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 136, Issue , 2017, Pages 104-112

  Masud, Muhammad Mehedi ^a   Aldakhil, Abdullah Mohammed ^b   Nassani, Abdelmohsen A ^b   Azam, Mohammad Nurul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Community; Ecotourism; Environment; Management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ECO-TOURISMS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (SEM);

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 85002568253     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.11.023     Document Type: Article

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