Tourism destination water management strategies: An eco-efficiency modelling approach

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 427-452

  Kelly, Joe ^a   Williams, Peter ^b  

^a InterVISTAS Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Destination planning; Eco efficiency; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910649438     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2007.9651390     Document Type: Article

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