Political ecology perspectives on ecotourism to parks and protected areas

Transforming Parks and Protected Areas: Policy and Governance in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 200-221

  Campbell, Lisa M ^a   Gray, Noella J ^b   Meletis, Zoë A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203961902     Document Type: Chapter

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