Environmental justice and environmental equity in tourism: Missing links to sustainability

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-67

  Lee, Sangkwon ^a   Jamal, Tazim ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Environmental discrimination; Environmental equity; Environmental justice; Procedural justice; Sustainable tourism development

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 41749111379     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/joe191.0     Document Type: Article

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