Rehabilitation of abandoned saltworks to maximize conservation, ecotourism and water treatment potential

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-31

  Crisman, T L ^a   Takavakoglou, V ^b   Alexandridis, T ^b   Antonopoulos, V ^c   Zalidis, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Economy; Landscape; Restoration; Saltworks; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957560035     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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