Developing sustainable tourism, using a multicriteria analysis on renewable energy in Mediterranean Islands

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Michalena, Evanthie ^a   Hills, Jeremy ^b   Amat, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^b Horsley Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediterranean islands; Renewable energy sources; Sustainable tourism development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; INSTITUTIONALISATION; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; STRATEGIC ARCHITECTURES; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ISLAND; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TESTING METHOD; TOURISM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67649908421     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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