Social impacts of events and the role of anti-social behaviour

International Journal of Event and Festival Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-28

  Deery, Margaret ^a   Jago, Leo ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Festivals; Social behaviour; Social problems; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104141     PISSN: 17582954     EISSN: 17582962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17852951011029289     Document Type: Article

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