Water and waste management in the Moroccan tourism industry: The case of three women entrepreneurs

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 343-353

  del Mar Alonso Almeida, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; TOURISM ECONOMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84864066516     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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