The political economy of theme development in small urban places: The case of Roswell, New Mexico;L'économie politique du développement basé sur des thèmes dans de petites villes: le cas Roswell, New Mexico

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-43

  Paradis Thomas W , W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downtown redevelopment; Growth coalitions; Main street; Roswell; Theme towns

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMALL TOWN; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 18444408378     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146166800110102607     Document Type: Article

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