Critical sustainability: Setting the limits to growth and responsibility in tourism

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Saarinen, Jarkko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Governance; Limits to growth; Responsible tourism; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECENTRALIZATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84894103422     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6010001     Document Type: Article

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