Climate change implications for water resource management in Caribbean tourism

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-268

  Emmanuel, Kwame ^a   Spence, Balfour ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Climatology; Resource management; Tourism; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859185575     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554210910980594     Document Type: Review

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