Tourism restructuring and the politics of sustainability: A critical view from the european periphery (the canary islands)

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 495-529

  Bianchi, Raoul V ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Politics; Sustainability; Tourism

Indexed keywords

GUIDELINE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 10244267597     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580408667251     Document Type: Article

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