Nature tourism assessment in the icelandic master plan for geothermal and hydropower development. Part II: Assessing the impact of proposed power plants on tourism and recreation

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-349

  Sæþórsdóttir, Anna Dóra ^a   Ólafsson, Rögnvaldur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Highlands; Impact assessment; Nature tourism resources; Planning; Power plants; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855454607     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2010.517840     Document Type: Article

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