Urban management and heritage tourism for sustainable development: The case of Elmina cultural heritage and management programme in Ghana

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-312

  Arthur, Stephen Nana Ato ^a   Mensah, John Victor ^b  

^a Regional Coordinating Council   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Physical planning; Sustainable development; Tourism; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646750116     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830610658719     Document Type: Article

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