The politics of bed units: Growth control in the resort of Whistler, British Columbia

Tourism, Power and Space

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 125-149

  Gill, Alison M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 73649143008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203392096     Document Type: Chapter

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