Understanding and managing tourism impacts: an integrated approach
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Beteiligte Personen: Hall, Colin Michael 1961- (VerfasserIn), Lew, Alan A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London [u.a.] Routledge 2009
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility
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Abstract:As one of the world's largest industries, tourism carries with it significant social, environmental, economic and political impacts. Although tourism can provide significant economic benefits for some destinations, the image of tourism as a benign and environmentally friendly industry has often been challenged. This text provides a clear, accessible and up-to-date synthesis of tourism's role in our contemporary world, both as an agent of change, and as a response to it. Tourism-related change is approached from a framework that illustrates the changing environments in which they occur, including the spatial scale of such impacts and the effects of these impacts over time. This framework is then applied to the economic, socio-cultural and physical dimensions of tourism. After examining the different forms of tourism-related impacts, the book then discusses the role of planning as part of an integrated approach to the mitigation of undesirable impacts and the maximization of the desirable benefits of tourism development. Case studies and illustrations from a variety of locations from around the world are used throughout the book to exemplify key themes and issues; additionally figures and tables serve to elucidate statistical data.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:XX, 365 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0415771323
0415771331
9780415771320
9780415771337