Enhancing the vitality and viability of town and city centres: The concept of the business improvement district in the context of tourism enterprise

Property Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 377-395

  Ratcliffe, John ^a   Flanagan, Sheila ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Business improvement; Case studies; Cities; Commercial centres; Tourism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986160648     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470410571210     Document Type: Article

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