Cultural heritage routes in South Africa: Effective tools for heritage conservation and local economic development?

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 563-576

  Snowball, Jeanette D ^a   Courtney, Sinead ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Cultural heritage routes; Heritage; Local economic development; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCE; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; HERITAGE TOURISM; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77956223604     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.508589     Document Type: Article

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