Ecological footprint analysis of road transport related to tourism activity: The case for Lanzarote Island

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-103

  Rendeiro Martín Cejas, Roberto ^a   Pablo Ramírez Sánchez, Pedro ^a  

^a Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Environmental impact; Sustainable road transport; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70449535900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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