Water use efficiency in the hotel sector of barbados

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-245

  Charara, Nadim ^a   Cashman, Adrian ^b   Bonnell, Robert ^a   Gehr, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Barbados; Benchmarking; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BARBADOS;

EID: 79551699971     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2010.502577     Document Type: Article

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