The value of a properly maintained hiking trail network and a traditional landscape for mountain recreation in the dolomites

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Tempesta, Tiziano ^a   Vecchiato, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Common agricultural policy; Discrete choice experiment; Dolomites; Ecosystem services; Hiking; Landscape; Mountain; Tourism; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059002661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources7040086     Document Type: Article

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