Giza (Egypt): The use of GIs in managing a World Heritage Site

Visitor Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 82-99

  Evans, Katie ^a   Fielding, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Tourism and Visitor Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Heritage Masterplan; Pyramids; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904691748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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