Linking tourism into emergency management structures to enhance disaster risk reduction

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-85

  Becken, Susanne ^a,b   Hughey, Kennet F D ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Civil defence; Destination management; Disaster risk reduction; Natural hazards; Tourism cluster

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; NATURAL DISASTER;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

EID: 84871655775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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