Assessing the spatial and environmental characteristics of rural tourism lodging units using a geographical weighted regression model

Quantitative Methods in Tourism Economics

Volumn 9783790828795, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-212

  Suárez Vega, Rafael ^a,b   Acosta González, Eduardo ^a,b   Casimiro Reina, Laura ^b   Hernández, Juan M ^a,b  

^a Departament of Quantitative Methods in Economics and Management   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84930690170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2879-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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