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This book provides a comprehensive review of the contribution of network analysis to the understanding of tourism destinations and organizations. It discusses both the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of network analysis and then illustrates the relevance of this approach in a series of tourism applications.
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Network Analysis and Tourism ASPECTS OF TOURISM Series Editors: Professor Chris Cooper, University of Nottingham, UK Dr C. Michael Hall, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Dr Dallen Timothy, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA Aspects of Tourism is an innovative, multifaceted series which will comprise authoritative reference handbooks on global tourism regions, research volumes, texts and monographs. It is designed to provide readers with the latest thinking on tourism world-wide and in so doing will push back the frontiers of tourism knowledge. The series will also introduce a new generation of international tourism authors, writing on leading edge topics. The volumes will be readable and user-friendly, providing accessible sources for further research. The list will be underpinned by an annual authoritative tourism research volume. Books in the series will be commissioned that probe the relationship between tourism and cognate subject areas such as strategy, development, retailing, sport and environmental studies. The publisher and series editors welcome proposals from writers with projects on these topics. Other Books in the Series Tourism Development: Issues for a Vulnerable Industry Julio Aramberri and Richard Butler (eds) Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Development or Disaster? C. Michael Hall and Stephen Boyd (eds) Tourism, Recreation and Climate Change C. Michael Hall and James Higham (eds) Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure Dallen J. Timothy Wildlife Tourism David Newsome, Ross Dowling and Sus