Screen LibraryTourism development and the environment：beyond sustainability?
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Earthscan,
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| Publisher Address: | London Sterling, VA |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tourism, environment and development |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 220 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781844077328 (hbk.) 1844077322 (hbk.) 9781844077335 (pbk.) 1844077330 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | F590 |
| CLC: | F590 |
| Call Number: | F290/S532 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index. Tourism, development and the environment : an introduction -- Tourism and development : from economic growth to sustainability -- Sustainable tourism development : a critique -- Tourism, globalisation and 'post-development' -- Tourism environments -- Tourism as capitalism -- Destination capitals : an alternative framework for tourism development. In this book, the author discusses the evolution of the concept of sustainable tourism development, its manifestations and limitations. He proposes alternative approaches which retain environmental sutainability as a prerequisite of tourism development and sets out a blueprint for the future. |