The barriers to millennials visiting Rouge Urban National Park

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Ramsay, Gillian ^a   Dodds, Rachel ^a   Furtado, Daniela ^a   Mykhayletska, Yana ^a   Kirichenko, Anna ^a   Majedian, Mana ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Distance decay theory; Millennials; Urban national parks; Visitor motivations

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GREENSPACE; MEDIA ROLE; NATIONAL PARK; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 85020046694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9060904     Document Type: Article

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