Water equity - Contrasting tourism water use with that of the local community

Water Resources and Industry

Volumn 7-8, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-22

  Becken, Susanne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equity; Stewardship; Tourist destination; Water resource; Water use

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EQUITY; LOCAL COMMUNITY; STEWARDSHIP; TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS; TOURIST DESTINATIONS; WATER EFFICIENCY; WATER USE;

WATER RESOURCES;

DATABASE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CHINA;

EID: 84910603943     PISSN: 22123717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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