Advances and challenges in sustainable tourism toward a green economy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 635, Issue , 2018, Pages 452-469

  Pan, Shu Yuan ^a   Gao, Mengyao ^a   Kim, Hyunook ^b   Shah, Kinjal J ^a   Pei, Si Lu ^a,c   Chiang, Pen Chi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Green building; Green infrastructure; Renewable energy; Smart technology; Sustainable transport; Water energy food nexus

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN ECONOMIES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SMART TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT; WATER ENERGY; WATER-ENERGY-FOOD NEXUS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREEN ECONOMY; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN; TOURISM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85045572497     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.134     Document Type: Review

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