Piloting a carbon emissions audit for an international arts festival under tight resource constraints: Methods, issues and results

Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 152-168

  Upham, Paul ^a   Boucher, Philip ^a   Hemment, Drew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909121543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884256     Document Type: Chapter

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