Tourism business preparedness, resilience and disaster planning in a region of high seismic risk: The case of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-494

  Orchiston, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Community; Disaster planning; Earthquakes; Resilience; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; LEISURE INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC ZONE; TOURISM MARKET;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84879432795     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.741115     Document Type: Article

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