The assessment of sustainable tourism: Application to Spanish coastal destinations

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 484-492

  Blancas, Francisco Javier ^a   González, Mercedes ^b   Lozano Oyola, Macarena ^a   Pérez, Fátima ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal destinations; Sustainable tourism; Synthetic indicators

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DESTINATIONS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INDICATOR SYSTEM; REFERENCE POINTS; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; SYNTHETIC INDICATORS; TWO STAGE;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PLANNING PROCESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70449112673     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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