Agent-Based Modelling: A Dynamic Scenario Planning Approach to Tourism PSS

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 211-226

  Johnson, Peter A ^a   Sieber, Renee ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community Consultation; Nova Scotia; Planning Scenario; Tourism Development; Tourism Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103730048     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8952-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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