Food and gastronomy for sustainable place development: A multidisciplinary analysis of different theoretical approaches

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Rinaldi, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food; Gastronomy; Literature review; Place development; Policy; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CULTURE; FOOD; FRAGMENTATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKETING; POLICY APPROACH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM;

EID: 85030177521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9101748     Document Type: Review

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