Dark tourism, heterotopias and post-apocalyptic places: The case of chernobyl

Dark Tourism and Place Identity: Managing and interpreting dark places

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 79-93

  Stone, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85106127361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203134900-15     Document Type: Chapter

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