Intellectual capital and sustainable development on islands: An application to the case of Gran Canaria

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-487

  Medina, Agustín J Sánchez ^a   González, Arturo Melián ^a   Falcón, Juan M García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intellectual capital; Island territory; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRITORY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34347231598     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600928327     Document Type: Article

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