Climate change, marine tourism, and sustatnability in the Canadian arctic: Contributions from systems and complexity approaches

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 69-83

  Dawson, Jackie ^a   Maher, Patrick T ^b   Slocombe, D Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic tourism; Climate change; Complexity; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149049817     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427307784772057     Document Type: Article

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