Improving tourism destination governance: a complexity science approach

Tourism Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Pechlaner, Harald ^a   Baggio, Rodolfo ^a   Scott, Noel ^b   Cooper, Chris ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative methods; Quantitative methods; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984623258     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605371011093863     Document Type: Article

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