Balancing people and park: Towards a symbiotic relationship between cape town and table mountain national park

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-293

  Ferreira, Sanette Lacea ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environment; National parks; Poverty alleviation;

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARK MANAGEMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 79955513501     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.555524     Document Type: Article

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