Land use and natural resources planning for sustainable ecotourism using GIS in Surat Thani, Thailand

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-429

  Bunruamkaew, Khwanruthai ^a   Murayama, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Gis; Land use; Surat Thani; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECO-TOURISMS; ECOTOURISM RESOURCES; LAND USE/ LAND COVERS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; SURAT THANI; THAILAND;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861406944     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4030412     Document Type: Article

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