Integrating nature-based tourism and forestry in private lands under heterogeneous visitor preferences for forest attributes

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 724-746

  Mäntymaa, Erkki ^a   Ovaskainen, Ville ^a   Juutinen, Artti ^b   Tyrväinen, Liisa ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

choice experiment; nature based tourism; payments for ecosystem services; preference heterogeneity; private forests

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HETEROGENEITY; LEISURE INDUSTRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIVATE LAND; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FINLAND;

EID: 85021222202     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1333408     Document Type: Article

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