Environmental protection and impact on adjacent economies: Evidence from the Swedish mountain region

Growth and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-532

  Lundgren, Tommy ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PROTECTED AREA; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70149114817     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2009.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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