Environmental responsibility and business regulation: The case of sustainable tourism

Geographical Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-280

  Forsyth, Timothy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business and environment; Environmental responsibility; Marketing; Self regulation; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031545033     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3059723     Document Type: Article

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