Location selection for the construction of a casino in the Greater London region: A triple multi-criteria approach

Tourism Management

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-220

  Ishizaka, Alessio ^a   Nemery, Philippe ^b   Lidouh, Karim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Smart Picker   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Casino; Location analysis; Multiple criteria analysis; PROMETHEE; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; LOCAL PLANNING; LOCATION THEORY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867139186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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