Selling the eco-entrepreneurial city: Natural wonders and urban stratagems in tucson, arizona

Urban Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 771-793

  Prytherch, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; MARKETING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037705569     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.23.8.771     Document Type: Article

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