Changes in the financing of local recreation and cultural services: An examination of trends in ontario from 1988 to 1996

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 213-234

  Connolly, Kate ^a   Smale, Bryan J A ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expenditures; Leisure services delivery; Municipal financing; Revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944425721     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2001.9651289     Document Type: Article

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