Journal of  APPLIED RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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Applied Research in Economic Development
December 2008 Volume 5, Number 3

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Perspectives on Applied Research in Economic Development
Mark M. Miller, editor

Research Articles

From Blues to Benton to Bluegrass: the economic impact of the arts in the South
by Sujit M. CanagaRetna
- Original print text, with author photo

Identifying types of tourists for better planning and development
a case study of nuanced market segmentation in Cancún
by Rebecca Torres and Velvet Nelson
- Original print text

No country for old developers: the strange tale of an arts boom, bohemians, and
“Marfalafel” in the high desert of Marfa, Texas
by Michael Seman
- Enhanced online version
- Original print text

Exploring Nunavut: extreme tourism and development
by Janel Cohen, Steven Hannah, and Mark M. Miller
- Enhanced online version
- Original print text, with author photo


Tools and Techniques for E.D. Research

The need for tourism satellite accounts: a Florida case study
by Necati Aydin
- Original print text, with author photo


The Latest Word: Reviews of Recent Research and Thought

What do we know about retiree attraction strategies?
by Erik R. Pages
- Original print text

Tourism, local economic development, and poverty reduction
by Harold Goodwin
- Enhanced online version
- Original print text, with author photo

Bird-watching as ecotourism and economic development: a review of the evidence
(including a review of The North Carolina Birding Trail website: www.ncbirdingtrail.org)
by Sheri L. Glowinski
- Enhanced online version
- Original print text, with author photo

Leading the way: growing greenways and creating economic development
(including a review of the American Trails website: www.americantrails.org)
by Kathi Boatright

- Enhanced online version
- Original print text, with author photo


Book Review


Leisureville: Adventures in America’s Retirement Utopias, by Andrew D. Blechman
Reviewed by Lenwood Brooks

- Original print text


Website Reviews

A practitioner’s bookmarks: five tourism research websites
Reviewed by Chris Cotton
- Original print text

Travel and Tourism Research Association: www.ttra.com
Reviewed by Mary Craig
- Original print text

World Travel and Tourism Council: www.wttc.org/eng
Reviewed by Cassie Hicks
- Original print text, with reviewer photo

World Tourism Organization: www.world-tourism.org
Reviewed by Kyle Brown
- Original print text

Incredible India: the official tourism website of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India,
www.incredibleindia.org
Reviewed by Jennifer R. Moses

- Original print text, with reviewer photo

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