Challenges for sustainable tourism at the Jiuzhaigou World Natural Heritage site in western China

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Gu, Yong ^a   Du, Jie ^b,c   Tang, Ya ^b   Qiao, Xue ^b   Bossard, Carla ^d   Deng, Guiping ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Forestry   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jiuzhaigou Administrative Bureau   (China)

^d SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Eutrophication; Sediment; Sustainable development; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; SEDIMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA; JIUZHAIGOU NATIONAL PARK; SICHUAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84879134162     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12015     Document Type: Article

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