The emerging global tourism geography-an environmental sustainability perspective

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-71

  Peeters, Paul ^a   Landré, Martin ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geography; Sustainable development; Tourism; Transport

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPANSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM;

EMISSION GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MITIGATION POLICIES; TIME-SPACE; TRANSPORT; UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84860846824     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4010042     Document Type: Article

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