Towards a low carbon future - the development and application of REAP Tourism, a destination footprint and scenario tool

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 845-865

  Whittlesea, Emma Rachel ^a   Owen, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; greenhouse gas; policy making; scenario analysis; strategy planning; tourism destinations

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING METHOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863896887     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.680699     Document Type: Article

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