Accessibility of peripheral regions: Evidence from Aegean Islands (Greece)

Island Studies Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-214

  Spilanis, Ioannis ^a   Kizos, Thanasis ^a   Petsioti, Paraskevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Aegean; Greece; Islands; Peripherality; Virtual distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871631298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17152593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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